The Punjab Partition Forum

Our tribute to this daughter of Punjab is to remember her and cherish her legacy, a reimagined Punjab of her dreams.

- Ramanjit Singh Looking at the 1947 calendar and the adjacent list of common festivals and anniversaries that were being observed in...

- Ramanjit Singh Often reading through the eye-witness accounts of the refugees migrating across the border during Partition, there is always a moment in their stories when they reveal the final conversations they had with the people they were leaving behind. It is in those parting words we can understand the enormity of the situation when people were being forced to leave their homes, their land, their friends, everything that they had built over the centuries. The words spo

Allegory - A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels A creative team led by Amardeep Singh has produced a remarkable 24 episodes documentary series on Guru Nanak's travels in South Asia and beyond. You can watch the series starting from his birthplace Talwandi (Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan). In the episode, "Noor-e-Tawheed", we learn about Guru Nanak's upbringing, the gentle valiant who ignited the spirit of Oneness. Link to videos: https://thegurunanak.com Youtube: https://www.

- Ramanjit Singh As you take the National Highway 9 from Delhi to Punjab, and pass towns like Meham and Rohtak, from a distance, one can...

- Ramanjit Singh Jaranwala, Lyallpur, Punjab Marking the 78th anniversary of the Partition of India, we should take this opportunity to...

- Ramanjit Singh Lahore City, 1924 Map Partition has affected us in a multitude of ways and has left an indelible mark on the social fabric of the two countries. It stains our land and everyone of our lives. One might ask how it is still affecting us? It is affecting us because we carry the memories of it. It forces us to look at the "other" as different, a lesser human or someone who does not belong to us. It is affecting us because it has created a sense of false pride, van

- Ramanjit Singh Originating from the Lahaul and Spiti districts of the erstwhile Punjab Hill States, Chenab flows through Ladakh and...

The writer Kartar Singh Duggal and his wife Ayesha Duggal talking about their memories of Partition and their Sikh-Muslim romance at the...

- Ramanjit Singh We often get too involved in the matters concerning our own daily lives, too immersed in our own interests that we forget those who remind us of things that are greater than our own self worth. Those who bring us closer to God. We are forgetting what it was like to be a part of a culture that loved simple acts of life with great passion. A culture that celebrated life. A life that was less calibrated, without boundaries. A life represented by people who were