Sindh Society: Back to it's Roots.

Aundh (pronounced as Owwwwnthe) is a quiet, upscale area on the outskirts of Pune. Not downtown Pune. More like uptown. Jeez.

Not so quiet anymore. Pitt and Jolie are shooting in a gated community there called 'Sindh Society'. Coincidently, Sindh is a region in Pakistan, the capital of which is Karachi. Karachi is where Pearl was killed.

I'm answering my why Pune question from before (read the post below).

The people of Sindh (Sindhi's) are Hindu and were forced to flee Pakistan during the partition of India in 1947 and migrated all over India as refugees. Many of them congregated in and around Pune, including Aundh. And of course created a 'hood' for themselves called Sindh Society...filled with posh bungalows and several cars to a driveway. These were the not-so-poor refugees.

But let it be known that the partition was extremely painful to all Sindhis. They were forced out of their country which was technically now Pakistan. I have heard many stories from my grandparents of them leaving behind their homes, their palaces, their jewels and cars and servants, their Muslim neighbors whom they loved, their homeland, riding across the border hiding and trembling with fear in freight trains. Enduring a journey that lasted a whole day and a night knowing they may be discovered and killed any minute.
It was a time when Hindus crossing the border were likely to be killed by Muslims and vice versa.

How ironic now that Sindh Society with it's Pakistan-loathing, not-so-poor Sindhi refugees, is now being depicted as and transformed into Karachi for this movie...