Shamlu Dudeja

Facing Adversity

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Shamlu Dudeja, founder of Malika’s Kantha Collection and Chair of SHE Foundation based in Kolkata, recounts her childhood during Partition in great detail, starting with the day of the Partition where she witnessed the Pakistani flag go up in Karachi, the subsequent looting in the city, her parent’s decision to leave Pakistan, and her family’s distressing journey by ship to Mumbai.

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