A shared city
Dr. Roshni Rustomji grew up Parsi in Karachi. She remembered a close-knit community and a family ethic of helping others across religious lines. Different faiths were understood as sacred to those who practised them.
What Partition changed
Her memories place that earlier coexistence beside the religious and racial sorting that followed Partition. The change was not only political; it altered expectations around family, marriage and who could safely belong together.
Remembering common ground
Her account asks why divided families and communities could not recognise that they remained connected. In the archive, this memory serves as a record of what political boundaries disrupted as well as what survived them.
Editorial noteThe final page should confirm the interview source, date and whether the preferred public name is Dr. Roshni Rustomji or Dr. Roshni Rustomji Kerns.