Partition

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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Chitra Divakaruni’s ‘Independence’ – An Eloquent Love Song To Her Beloved Bengal

Much of the literature about India’s Partition has been written around the violence and tragedy. The focus is the Punjab.…

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Sunayna Pal, a Sindhi lady, yearns for home she never knew

Only recently did I learn that my maternal grandmother was from Ratedero in Larkana, and my maternal grandfather was related…

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Visiting the Pre-partition realms of our subcontinent

Prior to partition, the subcontinent existed as British India, ruled by the Queen of England. This was a magical land…

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A mother tongue Partition consumed intact: The depletion and revival of Sindhi language and culture

A large majority of Sindhi parents stopped speaking to their children in their own language, wanting them to have a…

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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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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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Saadat Hasan Manto and the Exploration of Madness

In his short story ‘Toba Tek Singh’, set against the background of the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, writer…

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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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Religious Evolution of Sindhi Hindu Diaspora

At the time of partition there were about 1.3 million Sindhi Hindus. Most migrated to India. This is a record…

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