Dream come true: 90-year-old Indian woman visits ancestral home in Pakistan
In a goodwill gesture, the Pakistan High Commission in India has issued a three-month visa to the woman
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In a goodwill gesture, the Pakistan High Commission in India has issued a three-month visa to the woman
Varma, who is from Pune, said her family was living on the Devi College Road in Rawalpindi when the Partition took place
Moist-eyed Varma, immediately after her arrival in Pakistan, left for her hometown Rawalpindi, where she will visit her ancestral dwelling Prem Niwas, her school, and childhood friends.
She vsists her ancestral home in Rawalpindi
An Indian woman’s long-cherished dream of visiting her ancestral home in Rawalpindi materialised when Pakistan granted 90-year-old Reena Chhibber Varma a visa and she arrived here on Saturday via the Wagah-Attari border, 75 years after leaving the country at the time of Partition.