Jamaal recounts to himself the events that led to him leaving India and migrating to Pakistan after The Great Indian Partition, which explains the title and allows for a narration in the past tense.
1969
1954
1975
1980
1952
1955
1939
2004
2012
1976
1972
1958
1941
1938
1944
2006
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2023
2019