Leaving Sindh
Dadan Jethwani left Khairpur with her husband’s family after her parents had already departed. They travelled by train to Karachi and then by ship to Bombay, taking only what they could carry and not knowing whether they would return.
Fear surrounding the journey
Her account explains departure through fears about violence against women. She did not personally witness the events she described along her own route; they reached her as stories circulating among displaced families.
What memory preserves
The journey is remembered through practical fragments—transport, belongings and uncertainty. These details show how large political change entered ordinary decisions about what to pack and when to leave.
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