Broken Threads

An award-winning broadcaster whose work has taken her around the world, Mishal Husain presented her final edition of the Today programme last year, joining Bloomberg News as Editor-at-Large.

Inspired by the fragment of an old sari worn by her grandmother at her wedding, her acclaimed memoir 'Broken Threads' takes us on a personal journey through her family's letters and diaries. Through a patchwork of hurried departures, lucky escapes and homes never seen again, she weaves a story of a generation shaped by the Raj, a world war, independence and partition.

In conversation with author and screenwriter Nikesh Shukla, Mishal Husain will reflect on the intimate personal stories that live under the surface of any historical narrative.