The Indian Independence Act of 1947 liberated India from British rule, which in turn led to the most horrible incident in the history of mankind—Partition, the division of the country into India and Pakistan, leading to the communal riots aftermath. These riots resulted in the deaths of an enormous number of Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims and led to the displacement of several people on both sides of the border. This incident was one of the biggest blots on the pages of contemporary South Asian history.
Keeping in mind about the refugees and migrants of Partition, i.e., who came from Pakistan to India and vice versa, we have tried to provide a deep analysis of the mentality of these migrants as well as their current descendants on the grounds of anthropological and psychological aspects as to how Partition has affected them in whole. For instance, till date these people feel nostalgic about the times they have spent in their original native land but after the Partition, they had to settle down in an alien place with little or no resources; they are reminded of their beautiful homes and possessions that they had to leave behind during Partition.
We selected the affected people belonging to various religions and ethnicities, including our known ones too, and generated a survey about them through the medium of informal interviews and questionnaires. After that, we enlisted the observation on the basis of these questions about what kind of trauma they, their family, or their current generation (descendants) are facing today.
