The Punjab Partition Forum

- Ramanjit Singh There are probably only few of us left who are trying to navigate through this hyper nationalist and divided world with...

- Ramanjit Singh In order to understand the enormity of events that had befallen on Punjab in 1947, we need to look at each event in its own context. And more importantly, we need to look at them through the eyes of those individuals who saw those events first hand and described them with specificity. In our research, we came across a reference of a particular diary that was written by Mr. Anokh Singh, who was a District Collector at Ferozepur in 1947. He was in charge of man

- Ramanjit Singh In this remarkable interview by the American TV interviewer Arnold Michaelis, India's Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal...

- Ramanjit Singh Throughout history there are events that change a city's destiny. The fall of Rome is often mentioned as the pivotal...

- Ramanjit Singh Taking on a mission of artfully photographing historic architecture of Punjab, my friend Taqi Husnain has captivated the...

- Ramanjit Singh Katas Raj temple, Shiva's Tearful Eyes I often wonder what defines a nation. What are the characteristics that defines...

- Ramanjit Singh Allama Iqbal To understand Pakistan, one has to understand Allama Iqbal, his thoughts, his beliefs, his yearning to recreate an ideal homeland for the Muslims governed by the true ideals of Islam. I believe that it takes a lifetime to fully understand Mahatma Gandhi and the same goes for Sir Mohammad Iqbal . Born in 1877 in a Kashmiri Muslim family of Sialkot, Iqbal was a contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi but his life's journey took a different path that defined

- Ramanjit Singh Sometimes we don't want to heal because the pain is the last connection to what we have lost. - Ibn Sina What is it about this month that makes us look back at our past in anguish. Its emotional dissonance leaves us with a heavy heart. We look at August with a sense of foreboding, we long for its passage, each day of this month reminds us of those we have lost. Each day of this month is marked by tragedy, our failure as humans. Each day reminds us o

- Ramanjit Singh With the passage of time, as the year 1947 is becoming a distant memory, so is the geographic and historical awareness...

- By Ramanjit Singh Sardar Ganda Singh Oberoi has played an important role in Sialkot's history. He and his brother Jhanda Singh Oberoi...