KARACHI: A few months ago, Dr Sadia Siddiqui experienced something extraordinary. She returned home. Dr Siddiqui migrated from Lucknow to Karachi in 1957 and has not been able to return since. In ...

Khalid Bashir Rai was seven when his family had to abandon their home. It was August 15, 1947, the day India was partitioned into two states and his younger brother was born. Amid early sparks of ...

Through Virtual Reality, survivors visit lost heavens in 360 degree experience. Partition survivors visit their places of birth through virtual reality, courtesy Dastaan. Partition survivors visit ...

This week, as India and Pakistan celebrate their Independence Day in an exceptionally difficult year, for many people, the jubilation will be tinged by memories of the circumstances in which freedom ...

“It’s 69 years since we left what we called home. At that time I wondered what it would be like to live on this side. My language was alien here as was the food we cooked. In some parts of India we ...

The archive is a massive effort to collect stories from people who remember the 1947 split of the subcontinent, often referred to the largest mass migration in history. The generation that still ...

Autodesk and Airbus have unveiled the world's largest 3D printed airplane cabin component: a 'bionic partition' to separate the passenger cabin from the galley. The innovative design mimics the ...