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The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an Immigrant's Daughter

In this personal story, KQED's Sandhya Dirks takes us back to her mother's India -- to a tell a story about inherited trauma, mental illness, and South Asian history.
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Reporter Sandhya Dirks and her mother in India. (Sandhya Dirks/KQED)

Most children of immigrant parents know what it's like to walk between two worlds.

Many also know that the journey from one place to another can leave a legacy of scars.

On the week that marks India and Pakistan's independence from colonial rule, this story delves into the way in which historical trauma is passed on: In the world, in a nation, in a family.

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