Is It the Same in My Family?

My dad was an ADC to General Masservi, who was the commander-in-chief of Pakistan. He was there when the flag went up and then was in Kashmir when Kashmir was invaded. They had to get a transport plane to Delhi, a train across India, a flying boat to Karachi,. Then make their way northwards back to Roorpindi. It was a huge epic struggle in this country that had just been born. My father would not talk about it because a lot of his friends were killed. I asked my mother, what happened? She was in a refugee camp as a baby. Again, all she knew is that somebody came in the night and told her