Karachi
-
Partition Stories
My father refused to be called a refugee
I remember seeing people in the lane in front of our house after Partition. It was a slum area next…
Read More » -
Memoirs
A Memoir of the 1950s – Part-III
The student movement flourished in the period 1949-54. During 1953. The DSF had presented certain demands to the educational authorities.…
Read More » -
Memoirs
A Memoir of the 1950s – Part-II
The membership of the Karachi unit was drawn almost entirely from members of the muhajir community. Hasan Nasir, who in…
Read More » -
Memoirs
A Memoir of the 1950s – Part-I
The Sindh Observer, expressing almost universal opinion in the province and campaigning against the separation of Karachi, was silenced. Eric…
Read More » -
Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Be honest and educate yourself
Jashanmal Jhamatmal Gulrajani was manager of the Oriental Insurance Company in charge of Karachi and Hyderabad districts, a well-to-do and…
Read More » -
Environment
Sindh govt. to seal factories manufacturing banned plastic bags
The decision has been taken to prevent damage to the city’s infrastructure due to manufacture, sale and use of polythene…
Read More » -
Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Karachi’s Popley Jewelers’ journey to Mumbai and beyond
Like other Sindhi Hindus, the uncertain situation created due to violence that erupted with arrival of Indian refugees, forced Popley…
Read More » -
Political History
In Karachi, life is cheap
In Karachi, murder for profit or political gain is a commonplace, as are demands for protection money, energy blackouts, and…
Read More » -
Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Mumbai’s Bhagat Tarachand: An edge to the veg
The restaurant is named after a kind and generous man Bhagat Tarachand who loved to feed people, and earned the…
Read More » -
Interview
What happened to Karachi at Partition?
Arif Hassan, a practicing Pakistani architect-planner, writer, teacher and activist working in Karachi, speaks on demographic and other changes that…
Read More »