Sika Khan (right) embracing his elder brother Sadiq Khan from Pakistan near the India-Pakistan border at the Kartarpur corridor. - AFP
BHATINDA, India (AFP): Tears of joy rolled down his wizened cheeks when Indian Sika Khan met his Pakistani brother for the first time since being separated by the Partition in 1947.
Sikh labourer Sika was just six months old when he and his elder brother Sadiq Khan were torn apart as Britain split the subcontinent at the end of colonial rule.
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