Lest We Forget

Indira Varma was six years old when she first heard of the impending partition of India.Soon, it would sweep her and her family up in its wake. They would leave behind in Peshawara fabulous house and vast lands, their horses and cars, in fact, an entire way of life. A family that had gifted the Peshawar Clock Tower to Queen Victoria would go on to live a life of poverty as homeless refugees in India.