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.
1957
2000
2006
1943
1930
2007
2008
2009
2005
2001
1941
1952
1985
2002
1925
2019
1981
1986
1977