Child of Empire (2022)

Two men from the Partition generation Ishar Das Arora an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India and Iqbaluddin Ahmed a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game As the two men unpack their memories audiences embody the experience of a 7yearold child at key points in the migration Child of Empire offers a powerful counternarrative that lends a fresh perspective on the effects of forced migration on everyday individuals