The matter of fact is that the word “Hind” came from ‘Sindh” itself, because Persians cannot pronounce “S” in their native tongue and mispronounce it as “H.” Because of that, “Sindh” became “Hind,” “Sindhu” became “Hindu,” and India itself got its name from “Indus,” the Indus River, and that is Sindhu. Interview with Artist Krupa […]
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What happens to a language when its land and people are partitioned? By Rita Kothari In the summer of 2014 a panel discussion titled “Partitioned Voices, Divided Tongues?” held in Delhi, invited the panelists to think of “What happens to a language when its land and people are partitioned?” In the organizers’ scheme of things, […]
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Why Indian Sindhis hold Karachi especially dear? The name of the Karachi chain of sweets and bakeries has frequently come under attack for its seeming association with Pakistan. Yet, for the Sindhi owners of the chain, the name is a reminder of a lost homeland and a Partition unlike any other. By Adrija Roychowdhury Rajesh […]
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