Nand Ahuja and Aman Ahuja
Recorded
August 10, 2017
39:56 minutes
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Id:
sfb003991
Description
Nand Ahuja (68) talks to his son Aman Ahuja (34) about growing up in India, after his family left Pakistan during the 1947 Partition. He recalls growing up with his siblings, the importance of his education, and the lasting influence of his mother.Subject Log / Time Code
NA shares how his father took more than 3 trips across the India-Pakistan border to resettle their family in Palwal after Partition. He talks about the courageous and open nature of his parents.
NA is one of 6 siblings. He talks about his mother, who believed profoundly in her children's eduction and moved her family to a different camp in Hoshiarpar to attend school.
NA remembers playing with his siblings during childhood, their clothes stained from the colorful fruits they would eat.
Even when in the first grade, NA believed he would improve his life through education. He wanted to be an engineer.
NA's family were wealthy wool merchants back in Pakistan, but life completely changed with Partition.
NA discusses how some friends and members of his family in Pakistan did not come over to India or were killed while trying to cross the border.
NA reflects on studying and working hard as a child, with very little time to play. He was calm and helping, so much so that other people would ask him to run errands for them.
NA reflects on how he has come a long way since his childhood and how he owes much to his family members, especially his mother.
NA shares the lessons he'd like to pass on to his own children.
NA hopes to be remembered as someone peaceful who helped people.
Participants
- Nand Ahuja
- Aman Ahuja