Partition
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History
Refugee colonies changed South Delhi’s face
[The city’s southern limit extended beyond Lodhi Road, which was a forest land then. Colonies like Malviya Nagar, Lajpat Nagar,…
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Partition Stories
Sindhi Mumbaikars recount stories they grew up with about the Partition
Junisha’s grandfather would often get confused at night and wake up forgetting where he was. One night he went to…
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Literature
The Pain of Partition, as Seen in the Literature of Many Languages
[On 75th year of Partition of Subcontinent, the Wire’s reporters and contributors bring stories of the period, of the traumas…
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Partition Stories
For Sindhis, Partition Meant Loss of a Homeland, of a Culture and a Language
The languages we grow up with, the words and expressions used around us, influence our thoughts and behavior. And the…
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Partition Stories
How refugees from Sindh rebuilt their lives – and India – after Partition
The Bombay Refugee Act of 1947 had added to the pain of the community for its regulatory provisions for refugees.…
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Partition Stories
Collecting Memories of Partition
Partition Museum established in Amritsar, India has documented personal memories of Sindhis and others who had to leave their ancestral…
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Sindhis Beyond Sindh
Be honest and educate yourself
Jashanmal Jhamatmal Gulrajani was manager of the Oriental Insurance Company in charge of Karachi and Hyderabad districts, a well-to-do and…
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Book Review
Truths, Not Myths, About Pakistan’s Founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah
In 1916, Jinnah declared that India was “not to be governed by Hindus, and … it [was] not to be…
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Blogs
Sindhis in Delhi
Dada K. R. Malkani’s “Sindh Story” also makes a mention about a lunch hosted by Mr. Nari Thadani at his…
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Political History
RSS in Sindh: 1942-48 (Part-IV)
Once the Partition of the Indian subcontinent had become a reality, a team of RSS activists in Sindh had two…
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