About Azadi
1947 is known to be a pivotal year in Indian history. It is the year that some may say India gains Azadi from the British Rule and is divided in two nations, one for the Hindu majority, i.e., India and one for the Muslim majority, i.e., Pakistan. It’s a violent affair. No one talks about it.
Qala, born in an Indian Hindu household is taught one thing: she cannot marry a Muslim man. Amir, born in a Pakistani Muslim household is taught the opposite: no Hindu women. Their fated love demands Qala to search for answers from her history where she meets her great-grandmother, Sarasvati, a survivor of Partition.
“I am writing this work for the people who belong to the future, especially the people of India and Pakistan. In many ways we are one and the same, but there are great barriers that stop us from realizing this. I want Azadi to be one story, among many, to be a space where those barriers are questioned and hopefully broken.”
