Forbes India's Neelima Mahajan-Bansal grew up during the trying times of Ugandan civil war. Here, she recounts her family's experience
Uganda was a country straight out of the movies — amazingly beautiful, moderate climate and calm. The tranquility was disturbed when a military coup staged by Idi Amin in 1971 to upstage President Milton Obote was successful. African countries have always been plagued by political instability, this was no different.
The Makerere campus, where we lived, had around 30 Indians. On the 31st March, there were just a handful left. Once a sanctuary, the campus suddenly felt unsafe. My parents decided to leave for Kenya on the 31st which was a Sunday.