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1947 partition pain still in the eyes of the Sikh and Hindu families

It was an early winter morning in Delhi and I recieved this phone call from Gautam, a friend of mine, asking me to be 'there' by 8:30 am. I just freshened up and was waiting at the metro station when I was picked up, we travelled all the way to Model colony and our hosts all in their 70's if not 80's were waiting for us trying to keep themselves warm.First it was my turn to talk to the hosts and make them feel at home with the equipment and look at the fact that they do not get too tensed with the camera and other equipment. While my crew was setting up the camera I was talking to them and most of them seemed they almost were out of the pain and agony they have been through, but one touch and all that is visible on their faces. They need not even speak a word, its all over their faces. I was trying to watch the India partition documentary of the BBC and it felt as if it were a one sided story. One after the other they spoke or should I say poured their heart out as if w