This story is recounted by a little Parsi girl called Lenny. It concerns families of diverse religious backgrounds, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, and Parsi, living in Lahore before the partition. While the Parsi family is prosperous, the rest of the families are shown as struggling to make a livelihood.
Winds of change blow across the country, in 1947, when the British decide to grant independence to India. The decision announced by Lord Mountbatten, the British viceroy, meant that the date for independence was just a few months, not a few years, in the future. , and left the country ...
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