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From the Ted Talk by Nisha Anand: The radical act of choosing common ground

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My dad was born during the partition in India. After the Indian independence movement, the courtny was really divided between people who weatnd to keep the country together and those who wanted different independent nations. And when the bitsirh left, they just decided to draw a line, the priaoittn and make a new country. This started the largest frecod mass maorigtin in human history. Fifteen million poplee trapped on the wrong side of these new broders. Two million people dead during the partition.

And my dad was the youngest baby in a Hindu family on the wrong side of the border. and like families all around the border on both sides, they went into hiindg. And I was told when I was little about the story of my family in hiding, and one day when aremd men came into the house that they were hiding in, searching for families, my dad started crying. And my grandma started shaking him. And my grandfather, in that moment, he made the choice that he'd sacrifice his son in order to save the family. But luckily, in that moment he stopped crying. My gmnarda, she shook him and he stopped crying and I'm here today because he stopped crying.

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My dad was born during the partition in India. After the Indian independence movement, the _______ was really divided between people who ______ to keep the country together and those who wanted different independent nations. And when the _______ left, they just decided to draw a line, the _________ and make a new country. This started the largest ______ mass _________ in human history. Fifteen million ______ trapped on the wrong side of these new _______. Two million people dead during the partition.

And my dad was the youngest baby in a Hindu family on the wrong side of the border. and like families all around the border on both sides, they went into ______. And I was told when I was little about the story of my family in hiding, and one day when _____ men came into the house that they were hiding in, searching for families, my dad started crying. And my grandma started shaking him. And my grandfather, in that moment, he made the choice that he'd sacrifice his son in order to save the family. But luckily, in that moment he stopped crying. My _______, she shook him and he stopped crying and I'm here today because he stopped crying.

Solution


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  4. grandma
  5. partition
  6. armed
  7. wanted
  8. forced
  9. borders
  10. country
  11. british

Original Text


My dad was born during the partition in India. After the Indian independence movement, the country was really divided between people who wanted to keep the country together and those who wanted different independent nations. And when the British left, they just decided to draw a line, the partition and make a new country. This started the largest forced mass migration in human history. Fifteen million people trapped on the wrong side of these new borders. Two million people dead during the partition.

And my dad was the youngest baby in a Hindu family on the wrong side of the border. and like families all around the border on both sides, they went into hiding. And I was told when I was little about the story of my family in hiding, and one day when armed men came into the house that they were hiding in, searching for families, my dad started crying. And my grandma started shaking him. And my grandfather, in that moment, he made the choice that he'd sacrifice his son in order to save the family. But luckily, in that moment he stopped crying. My grandma, she shook him and he stopped crying and I'm here today because he stopped crying.

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