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Collecting 'difficult memories' from the birth of two nations
Collecting 'difficult memories' from the birth of two nations
As Pakistan and India turn 70, those
who were there for the birth of the two nations are getting old. At
least two civil groups are racing against time to document as much of
their oral history as possible for future generations.
At a
government-run school inside the historical Walled City of Lahore, a
teacher lectures a class of 14-year-olds on the creation of Pakistan.
"Muslims
were the rulers of this land, but they lost power to the British. They
were then oppressed by both the British and the Hindus," Allah Rakha
tells his class of 30 or so students.
"Hindus and Muslims are like fire and water. Their lifestyles and belief systems are totally incompatible," he says.
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