How India surprised this Pakistani man

Brut India

This Pakistani man came to India in search of his ancestors' pre-Partition homes. Here's what he found...

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00:00In Bombay, Mochi had a QR code and somewhere on that ground some of my family members are buried

00:05But those graves are not there

00:06So they loved going there after coming to Karachi going to the beach because that was what their home looked like

00:12And that is Sahil

00:14Yes, that is Sahil

00:30In Bombay, Mochi had a QR code

00:41Paanwale had a QR code

00:43You don't need cash, you scan

00:45People were eating Kachori

00:47I was seeing that everyone was eating Kachori and leaving after eating

00:49No one was giving money

00:51Transactioner said, why isn't he checking?

00:53Then I saw on the site that Paytm QR code was there

00:57People used to scan and give and leave

00:59Then I asked my friend, how does the guy keep track?

01:03Who gave, how much came, how much didn't come

01:05So he announces the speaker

01:0750 Rs received, 100 Rs received, 20 Rs received

01:11So he is making his Kachori or Pani Puri or Paan

01:14And if there is a speaker behind him, then a voice keeps coming that someone gave money

01:18Rajkot is a city of 2 million people

01:21200 km south towards the Arabian Sea is my paternal grandfather's village

01:283000 people live in that village

01:31My father has been there before

01:34So he said there is a Dargah there

01:36So there are some of my grandfather's children and great-grandfather's grandfather are buried there

01:41So he said you go there, maybe you will find a grave

01:45So I entered the village with the driver

01:48Because there was a board, after the board the village starts

01:51Please don't say that there was a QR code on the grave

01:53No, no, no

01:54But the store in front of that Dargah had a QR code

01:57The maintenance of that Dargah

02:00The Hindu temple does

02:02And somewhere on that ground some of my family members are buried

02:06But those graves are not there

02:07But the Dargah as a symbol of the fact that there were Muslims here

02:12Still exists and it's painted, it's nice

02:15And people come there

02:16There I met Govind Bhai

02:19Poor guy, very poor guy

02:21I went to his house, he gave me sweet milk

02:24He had a smartphone with 4G LTE on it

02:27So when he gave me a tour, Shahzad

02:30So I

02:31The old houses of Memnong are still there

02:34People live there, etc.

02:35So he showed me that yes, these are the permanent houses

02:38These were your houses in this lane

02:40So then I saw a structure, I don't know to read Hindi

02:43It was painted, it was nice

02:45I said what is this?

02:46He said our children study here

02:50Batwa and Bagasra now have a youth literacy rate approaching 90%

02:55It's a village of 3000 people

02:58People still burn cow dung and cook food there

03:02But the school was

03:04He used to see you that the school is great

03:07My dad had said that in those days

03:09Even those who were born in Bagasra

03:11Their birth registration was in Batwa

03:13So you go to the municipal office

03:16And ask them that maybe they have files

03:19So I reached there

03:21Went up

03:22Namaste

03:23Yes, what work?

03:24I said sir, my grandfather was from here

03:26And my grandfather was also there

03:28So I have to see their birth record

03:31They say when they were born

03:32I said 1922 and 1929

03:35Sent the man down

03:37He brought a stack of files from 1900 to 1930

03:41Old red

03:43And six people started going through 1922-23

03:47Then later he asked what is for the property?

03:50I said it is not for the property

03:52My grandfather and grandfather had left everything here

03:55So I thought I should check

03:57If there is a record, then maybe I should take a photo of it

03:59Did you waste the time of beating you?

04:01No

04:02You wasted the time of 6 people

04:03Then they saw more

04:05When I told them this

04:0620-15 minute drive from Bagasra

04:09Basically an hour long cycle ride

04:11Is the Arabian Sea

04:13So they loved going there

04:15After coming to Karachi

04:16Going to the beach

04:17Because that was what their home looked like

04:19And this is the same Sahil?

04:20Yes, the same

04:21Arabian Sea

04:23Arabian Sea

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