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Partition Voices
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
Apr 18, 20211 min read


Closer to God
- 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
Ramanjit Singh
Mar 7, 20215 min read


Memories of Raja Sansi, Amritsar, 1947
Recollections of M. Tufail Uppal, penned by Author Nasim Hassan. My name is Mohammed Tufail Uppal. I was born in Raja Sansi, a town in...
Nasim Hassan
Mar 7, 20218 min read


Capturing the Moments of India
- Ramanjit Singh How does one paint almost a photographic rendering of a place and its people? How does one capture life in a painting with such clarity? If we were to think of an artist who was able to combine all these skills and paint the 19th century India with all its vibrance, it is Edwin Lord Weeks. Born in 1849 in Newton, Massachusetts, Edwin Lord Weeks was an American painter who travelled the world over and painted some of the most beautiful landscapes depicting the
Ramanjit Singh
Feb 20, 20214 min read


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,...
Ramanjit Singh
Jan 31, 20212 min read


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...
Ramanjit Singh
Jan 23, 20216 min read


Jammu, October 1947
Ramanjit Singh Chatha, Jammu - Site of Muslim massacres in October 1947 As the Punjabi Hindu and Sikh refugees from Sialkot and...
Ramanjit Singh
Dec 22, 20205 min read


This Is Not That Dawn
Ramanjit Singh Jhootha Sach, a novel written by Yashpal, one of India's greatest contemporary Hindi language authors, was translated into...
Ramanjit Singh
Dec 4, 20203 min read


Now You Are Free
Ramanjit Singh At the Ferozepur - Kasur border, December 2018 After independence, India is forgetting that what made India great is its secular ethos that has been part of its DNA since the dawn of history. We as people of India are tolerant of others, consider diversity as our strength. Those who invaded us eventually became part of us. Religion is a personal matter and economic development is the primary goal of the government. And the fact that Indian constitution gives eq
Ramanjit Singh
Aug 17, 20206 min read


Through their Eyes
Ramanjit Singh Of all the stories about the partition violence, ones that stand out the most and have a lasting impression are the ones...
Ramanjit Singh
Jul 27, 20203 min read