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Oh my God this was so sad to read

I can't believe that happened

what is this

?

It's a transcript of an interview I did for a radio show

Well, my grandma was being interviewed

About how life was when the British left India

oh thats interesting

I feel bad that I currently cant read it, I will later though.

Oh no, it's fine ?

It's not very lighthearted at all tbh, I forgot actually

It's brutal and disheartening.

Well, not forget, but just repressed I suppose

Yes...and the worst part is, her story corroborates with every single book written on this topic

To the miniscule details

The Partition is something that affected just as many lives as the Holocaust

If not more

I honestly do not know what to say

There is really nothing to say, I always just feel intense anger about it

There is one thing I find funny tho,

“Didn't Nana Abu leave early?” ( he did, but unfortunately his sister did get caught up in the violence. To this day we still don't know her whereabouts)

“No, only the educated people who knew about it did.

My grandma insinuating her husband is uneducated

???

Alot of people don't know about it despite how major it was

HEYO!!!!

I only knew after that doctor who episode I have to admit

Yes, that kinda gets my goat a lot

I was actually very grateful for that episode

Just to have something to put it in the spotlight

They don't really teach it at all

At least they didn't when I was at school

Not in ours either

Not even on the college level

Nope not at all

And we have a ton of indian/Pakistani people here

It's something that's part of British history but..

I can understand a bit more for America not knowing it but since it involves Britain you'd think our schools would mention it

It goes to show whom controls the textbooks.

Yeah, exactly

Sweeping history under the rug

It doesn't put Britain in a good light is what you're saying?