MohitBalaSen:TheBordersCrossedHer

Three sovereign governments redrew the map around her between 1897 and 1982. She stayed where she was.

Mohit Bala Sen lived under three sovereign entities. She never chose to cross a border. Three successive governments redrew the borders around her, and each time, the ground she stood on became a different country.

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I spent my days

Like a free bird

I flew in the open sky

Wandered and played—a free spirit

The Partition of India