It’s a moving experience: Shabana Azmi on visit to Partition Museum
We must pledge that we will never forget (the Partition), but leave behind the terrible tragedy and commit ourselves towards working together, irrespective of religion. SHABANA AZMI, veteran actor
AMRITSAR:VETERAN actor Shabana Azmi visited the world’s first Partition Museum, which is a short walk away from the Golden Temple, here on Monday.
She spent about an hour going through the galleries at the museum and was especially moved by its oral history collection.
“It has been a moving and sobering experience to remember what our parents went through. They actually experienced the horror, tragedy, and trauma of the Partition. We must pledge that we will never forget, but leave behind the terrible tragedy and commit ourselves towards working together in unity, irrespective of religion,” she said.
The Partition Museum is the world’s first museum dedicated to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.
It narrates the stories of the millions, who were impacted by the largest migration in human history.
It uses oral histories, personal artifacts, letters, photographs, newspapers, archival footage and documents to chronicle the history of the Partition.
The museum opened its galleries to the public on August 17, 2017. Shabana, who started her career in 1974, has been a part of films based on the period.
Shabana is the daughter of Kaifi Azmi, who wrote the film ‘Garam Hawa’, which captures the plight of the Indian Muslims post Partition, and is also known for his poem, ‘Taqseem hua mulk’.