Losing Home, finding home was published by black-and-white fountain on 15 August 2022. Sources of text and images used in…
All things are difficult before they become easy
I was born on 28 July 1930, in Quetta, a beautiful hill station in Balochistan. My father, Hashmatsing Ajwani, was…
My father refused to be called a refugee
The story of Parshuram Parab, who was born in Karachi on 25 August 1930 The Karachi of my childhood was…
The last ship to freedom by Shyam Sujan
Congratulations to Shyam Sujan on the publication of his memoirs, THE LAST SHIP TO FREEDOM – 75 years of India’s…
Some complexities of restoring a lost heritage
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there. British novelist LP Hartley We have always understood that…
A historic moment
Harnam’s story: The river flooded often and we had to move
In loving memory of Harnam Badlani (2 October 1934 – 1 April 2022} My mother Bhoji was Situ’s mother Devi’s…
This is no desert, sir!
Published in November 2012, it is a collection of personal stories and the memories of ordinary people, interwoven with facts…
Kartar’s story: Muhajir’s protected us
I was born in the village Taib in Larkano district, a small village belonging to the Jaisinghani families. We were…
The faqir and the dibbi
A family story from Gautam Idnani and Shalini Ganju, with details filled in by the latter’s mother, Damayanti Gidwani. One…
Sindh: Stories from a Vanished Homeland 