India, Aug. 15 -- In August 1947, writer and playwright Bhisham Sahni boarded a train from Rawalpindi to Delhi - not to relocate, but to witness history. Jawaharlal Nehru was to speak in Delhi at the stroke of midnight as India became free. Sahni's plan was always to return home to Rawalpindi, where he lived with his parents, wife and their one-year-old daughter, Kalpana. "He stayed in Delhi for a few days, but when he decided to return, he realised that he had missed the final train to Pakistan. Riots had erupted everywhere; communication and rail services had collapsed. Our relatives lived in Delhi, on what is now known as Amrita Shergill Marg; they put charpoys around the house for displaced friends and family and people stayed there bri...