India, Aug. 14 -- Riots and the bloodbath of hatred

The trains carrying refugees between the two nations would arrive with corpses, their passengers killed en route. They were called blood trains. The soil had soaked so much blood that it was believed that even the fruits on the trees seemed to have the taste of blood.

am the proud granddaughter of the freedom fighter Dr. Lehna Singh Sethi, who fought for our country's freedom.

Courting arrest for the freedom of the country was as much an honour for the family as for the freedom fighter. The Britishers arrested people at random.

Anyone associated with the freedom movement, even in a small way, could be arrested at any time. Out of the seventeen years that my grandfather participated i...