Kip Scott

The Partition of India in 1947 tragically ripped  Bengal apart with a large proportion of the Hindu population departing Dhaka for India. The borders of the newcountries were to follow religiouslines: India would be for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. What is now known asBangladesh, previously East Pakistan, sawmany of it rajbaris or mansions abandoned,a situation further compounded by the independence...