An Indian woman, Hamida Bano, returned to India via the Wagah Border on Monday after 22 years in Pakistan. Originally from Mumbai, she was brought to Pakistan’s Hyderabad in 2002 by a travel agent who falsely promised her a job in Dubai “On Monday she arrived here by plane from Karachi and subsequently she crossed into India via Wagah Border. …
India celebrated its 76th Independence Day on August 15. The 31st of this month also happens to be the 104th birth anniversary of Amrita Pritam, whose works redefined Partition and the subcontinental women who were caught up in it. Pritam’s writing evokes the violence against women without using language that is coarse or triggering. Amrita Pritam’s Pooro encapsulates what it …
