#Memoirs
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Sindh 1947
The seeds of migration were planted in the vast fields of wheat and rice. The year 1947 was a dark…
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TRAVELOGUE: A MEMORY OF PAKISTAN
Immigration Officer also wanted to know why I had to go all the way from Lagos to London then Dubai…
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My Nani’s Papad Container
Its contents nourish my body and its storied past and memories nourish my spirit By Jyoti Bachani A container of…
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Nostalgia: Reminiscing the Melancholic Beauty of Childhood
Once a thriving community has vanished, and replaced by a narrow-minded and self-centered society Shoukat Lohar As I sit in…
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Pakistani English Literature Series: The Songs of Blood and Sword
In September 1996, fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother, while shots rang out…
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Sindhi Children and the 1947 Partition of India
I have been talking with my parents and their siblings about a crucial turning point in their lives, the move…
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An Intimate Glimpse into the Life of a Sindhi ‘British Asian Refugee’
Ram’s family endured the transition from citizen to refugee twice. Once as refugees when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and…
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The Sindhi from Karachi
I belong to the Chhāprū Sindhi community. It is reported that most of the original settlers in Karachi were Chhāprū…
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A Childhood Erased
The school was founded in Murree in 1956. This year, after 65 years of service, the doors to the school…
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Hope in a City – Shikarpur, Sindh
What goes into the demise of a city? How does a place once known as a banking capital with lush…
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