Partition Stories

Home Away From Home: Sindhi Identity, The Partition, and Migration

Partition survivors have generally been hesitant in talking about the event, in part because of the chaos, trauma, and pain…

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Remembering Kanu Wadhwani on his 89th birth anniversary

Kanu had vivid memories of his childhood in Sindh. One of the most striking is of the love and cordiality…

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Story of an Indian village and the only Sindhi

Shri Thanwerdas was so loved and respected by the villagers that when he finally left the village to spend rest…

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How Bangalore welcomed the Sindhis

A dole of Rs.12 for adults and Rs.8 for children was handed out from the Refugee Relief Fund; loans were…

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The Role of Partition in Making Delhi What It Is Today

The bulk of the Sindhis, poor peasants and petty traders had just walked across from Karachi, Thatta, Tharparkar, Umarkot and…

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Memories of Life in Sindh and the Migration to India

An Urdu speaker exhorted the Hindus to leave Sindh – “Yeh Mulk Hamara Hai, Hindu Chale Jao (This is our…

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Sindh: A Homeland Lost In Silence

My grandfather, son of a Zamindar, was successful lawyer and a wealthy young man in Sindh. None of my family…

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The Sindhi and the Suitcase

Partition was the Second Holocaust of World War II not caused by the Germans, but by the British Government in…

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Mass Suicide by Women of Rawalpindi in 1947

When the Muslim rioters plundered the property and wealth of Sikh community, they male Sikhs of village Thoha Khalsa resolved…

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Why the Partition of India and Pakistan still casts a long shadow over the region

The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75…

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