
Forum Post
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
What It Was Like
Ramanjit Singh Grief has no voice, Courtesy of S.L. Parasher Gallery http://prajnaparasher.com/SLP/Ambala.html The pain of the victims, in the aftermath of Partition, was felt most by those who were managing the refugee camps in the east and west Punjab. One such individual who saw their pain first hand was Sardari Lal Parasher. Born in 1904 in Gujranwala, Sardari Lal Parasher was the Vice-Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore. After Partition, Parasher left Lahore and

Forum Post
- Jan 23, 2021
- 5 min
Samundari of Prithviraj Kapoor
Ramanjit Singh In this old interview by Lutfullah Khan, the pioneer of Indian cinema Prithviraj Kapoor talks about his life in Samundari, Lyallpur and Peshawar. I have never heard anyone speak so eloquently about their life in pre-partition Punjab and the Frontier as he does in this interview. From 17:55 onwards, Prithviraj Kapoor relives those days. I heard it multiple times and was able to figure out most of it. The way he talks, his use of each word is so measured and impa