Swindon Festival Of Literature : Mishal Husain

Broken Threads – with MISHAL HUSAIN, in conversation with Kate Clark, and with you

What would you do if you had a personal but only partial story, a patchwork of memories and anecdotes, of hurried departures, lucky escapes from violence, and homes never seen again?

Would you set off on a journey through time, using letters, diaries, and audio tapes to trace family lives shaped by war, independence, and partition?

Erstwhile presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, award-winning journalist, television broadcaster of the year, and now global podcaster Mishal Husain always knew that the lives of her four grandparents changed forever in 1947, as the new nation states of India and Pakistan were born. Decades later, the fragments of an old sari sent her on a mission to uncover their moving and meaningful story, beautifully and rigorously told in Broken Threads.