Partition
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Obituary
Manik Wadhwani, the twentieth-century Amil
Manik Wadhwani was born in Karachi in 1936. His grandfather, Hiranand, was the headmaster of the Municipal High School in…
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Sindhis Beyond Sindh
How I became a Sindhi
I am so fortunate that, though I was born in Bharat, my family environment and the books I read introduced…
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Interview
Partition Voices: L.K. Advani
Lal Krishana Advani says he has extreme affection for Karachi. “After all I was born in Karachi, I had my…
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Partition Stories
Sindh: A Homeland Lost In Silence
My grandfather, son of a Zamindar, was successful lawyer and a wealthy young man in Sindh. None of my family…
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Environment
Deep scars to South Asia’s ecosystems are a legacy of Partition
Seventy-five years on, the main lesson of Partition in South Asia – that without cooperation across borders we tempt tragedy…
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History
Mass Suicide by Women of Rawalpindi in 1947
When the Muslim rioters plundered the property and wealth of Sikh community, they male Sikhs of village Thoha Khalsa resolved…
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Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Gordon Tewani: From refugee to real estate mogul (Part-I)
Tewani remembers that their family lived very, very well until 1947 when the partition of India into two countries was…
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Partition Stories
Why the Partition of India and Pakistan still casts a long shadow over the region
The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75…
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Partition Stories
A Sindhi Girl’s Life in a Sindhi Household
My parents are no longer there now, and I know that what they faced remained in their stories but still…
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Blogs
Saraiki: A language rigged with tragedy
Saraikis were one of the largest groups to migrate during this time, mostly from regions near Multan, Alipur and Dera…
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