Migration
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Partition Stories
From Karachi to Singapore – Maya Chellaram Samtani’s story
Her father ran a gold and silverware shop in Javeri Bazaar in Karachi. His shop sold things such as bowls,…
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Partition Stories
From Thatta to the United States of America – Subash Bijlani’s story
With his father’s job as a Judge, the family lived in the designated Judge’s residences, which was an independent bungalow…
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Partition Stories
From Hyderabad to Singapore: Geeta Balani’s Story
Her father’s job as a Postmaster enabled him to receive news ahead of others and he realized that conditions in…
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Partition Stories
From Sann to Malaysia
Pami’s father had his own business, which dealt in trading goods, while his mother was a housewife. The family had…
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Book Review
Roots of Partition – A Book on Partition and Migration of Sindhis
The book has recently been published by the University Book Production Board Ahmedabad, a statutory board of the Gujarat State…
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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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Book Review
TARANDER BADAL – A Novel of Nostalgia
‘Tarandar Badal’ is the story of a Sindhi youth who had taken part in the freedom struggle movement, who was…
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Anthropology
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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Memoirs
The Childhood Nostalgia of Goat Brain Masala
My grandparents, who hailed from the state of Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, were refugees living on railway platforms and in…
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Archaeology
Migration, not conquest, drove Anglo-Saxon takeover of England
But in the later 20th century, many archaeologists suspected envisioned a small migration of a warrior elite, who imposed their…
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