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Ticket to India by N.H. Senzai
5.0
This story is about a girl, Maya whose family is the victim of the partition of India and Pakistan.
At that time, her Naniamma and her family decide to migrate to Pakistan, while her Dadiamma and her family refuse to budge from India. Her grandmothers were in their early childhood.
Now, when her Naniamma and her family were riding on the train to Pakistan, they all were killed (including the other passengers on the train) but her Naniamma and two others. Once she reached Pakistan, she was taken in by an orphanage. Soon, she grew up and married a man, Maya’s Nanaba. They had a family. And soon enough their granddaughters were born, Zara (Maya’s elder sister) and Maya in America.
Maya knows nothing about her family and the Partition.
Maya used to love going to Pakistan and spent time with her Nanaba in his garden, with his favorite pink rose, Rosa Bourboniana. Everything is fine and happy until Maya’s family gets the news of her Nanaba’s death of a stroke.
Naniamma desperately wants to go to India, but her family doesn’t want her to go in this situation. Zara and Maya notice their Naniamma’s peculiar behavior and ask her if they can go along. Naniamma has to let them. They take off on the flight and Naniamma tells them her story, about her Hindu friend Reshma, the partition, how they buried their family treasures, and why she wants it. She wants her ring buried with Nanaba.
They land in Delhi, collect the keys of her house and go back to the hotel.
The next morning sisters find their Naniamma fainted. They get to know that she has gotten a minor stroke.
Now, Maya has to carry the responsibility of getting the chest. She is on her own and has to have the courage of going all the way to Aminpur. And while her journey, her whole life is changed as she unites everyone.
At that time, her Naniamma and her family decide to migrate to Pakistan, while her Dadiamma and her family refuse to budge from India. Her grandmothers were in their early childhood.
Now, when her Naniamma and her family were riding on the train to Pakistan, they all were killed (including the other passengers on the train) but her Naniamma and two others. Once she reached Pakistan, she was taken in by an orphanage. Soon, she grew up and married a man, Maya’s Nanaba. They had a family. And soon enough their granddaughters were born, Zara (Maya’s elder sister) and Maya in America.
Maya knows nothing about her family and the Partition.
Maya used to love going to Pakistan and spent time with her Nanaba in his garden, with his favorite pink rose, Rosa Bourboniana. Everything is fine and happy until Maya’s family gets the news of her Nanaba’s death of a stroke.
Naniamma desperately wants to go to India, but her family doesn’t want her to go in this situation. Zara and Maya notice their Naniamma’s peculiar behavior and ask her if they can go along. Naniamma has to let them. They take off on the flight and Naniamma tells them her story, about her Hindu friend Reshma, the partition, how they buried their family treasures, and why she wants it. She wants her ring buried with Nanaba.
They land in Delhi, collect the keys of her house and go back to the hotel.
The next morning sisters find their Naniamma fainted. They get to know that she has gotten a minor stroke.
Now, Maya has to carry the responsibility of getting the chest. She is on her own and has to have the courage of going all the way to Aminpur. And while her journey, her whole life is changed as she unites everyone.