Partition
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Book Review
Tryst with Koki: A Post-Partition Journey of Survival, Sustenance and Strength
Koki is a long-lasting Sindhi flatbread. Here it can be seen as a metaphor because it was Koki on which…
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Memoirs
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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Anniversary
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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Book Review
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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Sindhis Beyond Sindh
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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Blogs
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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Languages
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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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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Literature
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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