Today, the collection encompasses not only the Partition but also India’s Independence and the Second World War as experienced across the subcontinent. It includes testimonies from distinguished public figures such as Khushwant Singh, whose Train to Pakistan became one of the defining literary works on Partition; novelist Bapsi Sidhwa, author of Cracking India; Olympian Milkha Singh; former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah; former Member of Parliament Tarlochan Singh; and thousands of ordinary citizens whose names may never appear in history books but whose memories illuminate everyday life before, during and after Partition.Among the archive’s most remarkable interviews are...