Yoked with a legal battle, the birth of Pakistan was fought before the British judiciary and snatched from the clenching jaws of Hindu nationalists. The scaffolding for the right for a separate land was laid by geniuses such as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Alama Muhammad Iqbal and a consortium of legal aides. However, after the battle was won, the war to claim territories began. A war that was fought with blood and tears and in the midst of it; a woebegone mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife or simply a woman.
As a mother labours for the birth of a child, so did the Muslim women of the subcontinent nurture the birth of Pakistan. While the men battled to secure a safe passage for the migration of their families, the horrors abroad and at home manifested themselves upon the women and the children; the easier and weaker targets. For women, the journey to independence brought with it di...
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Amna Sikandar