In a joyful reunion, boyhood friends Suresh Kothari and AG Shakir, who were separated by the Pakistan-India partition in 1947, have just reconnected in the United States.
Kothari and Shakir lived and grew up together in Deesa, Gujarat, before Shakir moved to Pakistan following the partition.
Despite being separated at the age of 12, the two friends attempted to reconcile in 1982 in New York through a common friend, but were unsuccessful.
Alas! They reunited again in the United States in October 2023, after 41 years apart, and their reunion was captured by Kothari’s granddaughter Megan Kothari, who shared the video on Instagram.
The video, which has now gone viral, shows the two men having an embrace.
Megan captioned the image, “The love and respect they still have for each other, despite the physical and political hurdles that have divided them, is profound.
“It serves as a powerful reminder that the power of human connection cannot be extinguished by any government or border.”
