“By December 1947, a large number of refugees had arrived in Bombay from Karachi. They were often sullen and uncooperative, as they felt that the ‘government’ had created the mess, and thus was responsible for looking after them. In this atmosphere, doctors amongst the refugees who offered to help in the camps were boycotted by the others. The only silver lining was that the common kitchens were pointedly antithetical to caste distinctions, and that ex-INA soldiers were helping run the camps with some discipline. “
Visiting the Kurukshetra camps, she was struck by ‘very inadequate arrangements’ but was quite appreciative of the work being put in by the students from the Tata School of Social Work, Desh Sevikas from Bombay as wealth as heath visitors from Bengal and other parts.
~ “The Psychological Impact of the Partition of India” By Sanjeev Jain