Jamaal recounts to himself the events that led to him leaving India and migrating to Pakistan after The Great Indian Partition, which explains the title and allows for a narration in the past tense.
1952
2002
2000
1925
2007
1943
1930
1957
2006
1981
2019
1986
1996
2009
2005
2001
1954
1985
1941