What I learnt from a man who suffered from India’s partition

Life is unpredictable

The partition of India was the most unfortunate incident in India’s History. India witnessed the most bloody partition that no other country suffered. Lakhs of people killed in the riots and thousands of them migrated from India to Pakistan and vice-versa. My friend’s grandfather was one of them who suffered the consequences of partition and lost his livelihood and some family members in riots.

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I visited my friend who came from Canada to see his grandfather who was very sick. My friend is a Punjabi whose ancestral home is in Gujranwala, a city in Pakistan. This city is famous for its wrestlers.

I met my friend and his family members. His grandfather too was a wrestler in his youth and quite fit. After enquiring about his health, my friend’s grandfather said “I want to visit Gujranwala, my birth place before I die”. We somehow convinced him that its not possible due to tensions going on between two countries. His grandfather said that he never thought that he had to leave his ancestral home in such tense situations.

After migrating to India, he had to start from zero as he had lost his livelihood. From staying in a refugee camp to starting his own business and becoming rich, he worked very hard. In this process he also thanked his…