#PartitionAt70 Restorying Partition: REALIGN

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Channel: The Wire · 2017 · News & Politics

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'Restorying Partition' with Vishwajyoti Ghosh - a series of narratives that document the experiences of partition’s grandchildren who have grown up with its everlasting effects and negotiated with this reality in their daily lives.

STORY 4: REALIGN

'One of the relics of Partition is ambition. When we saw them (the neighborhood Punjabis), there was an urge to be like them'
-Hari Krishnan

'It gave us a sense of attitude. To be pragmatic.'
-Amandeep Khurrana

Hari Krishnan grew up in Delhi in a Tamil household in a locality of partition refugees from the Punjab on the other side. As he strolls in Karol Bagh with his childhood friend Amandeep Khurrana, they recollect how Partition shaped their lives.

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