WITH THIS GALLERY, THE SINDHIS WILL FIND HEALING, RECONCILIATION, CULTURAL RECOGNITION

The Partition Museum, Delhi recently inaugurated a gallery "The Lost Homeland of Sindh" which pays homage to the Sindhi community who lost everything in the 1947 Partition and rebuilt their lives in new lands across the world, relying on their wits, skills, and business acumen.

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Weaving architecture, crafts, memorabilia, and oral history with archival material and contemporary art, the gallery provides a living discourse of a displaced culture, which went on to integrate and thrive in its new avatar across the globe.

Namrata Kohli speaks with Lady Kishwar Desai, Founder, Partition Museum and Chair of The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust (TA-ACHT) on this gallery and more

● What is the significance of the Partition Museum in today's day and age? Many people would argue that let bygones be bygones and we need to move on... What is the tangible difference it makes to the lives of many Indians?

I think the most important difference it makes is in understanding the past. Once you have lost everything, you can still become a nation builder, and a leader. Partition museum is not just about killings and murders. It is also about reconciliation, healing, understanding history, your heritage and ultimately it is about inspirational stories.