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Dec 25, 20178 min read

Partition and our Seared Conscience

- Ramanjit Singh As part of the ongoing research of the Partition events, I have noticed that those who write about the 1947 Partition...

Dec 10, 20175 min read

Purity by Separation

- Ramanjit Singh Hate is embraced more by those who did not suffer Partition. One of the constant theme in the Partition narrative is...

Nov 13, 20174 min read

Point Of No Return

- Ramanjit Singh Imagining a United Punjab in the present time is not only a mirage but it implies that we have not understood the deep...

Oct 7, 20177 min read

We became the Other Overnight

- Ramanjit Singh Reading through the eye witness accounts of the partition holocaust, one keeps encountering a common narrative from the...

Aug 27, 20175 min read

Partition and Reconciliation

- Ramanjit Singh Growing up in India during the 70s and 80s, I was always fascinated with history. I remember visiting places like...

Aug 5, 20175 min read

Panic

- Ramanjit Singh A sense of panic and hysteria enveloped Punjab in the summer of 1947. The triggers were most likely rumors that a...

Jul 30, 20172 min read

Hoshiarpur, 1947

- Ramanjit Singh Hoshiarpur District had a heavy Muslim presence and some of the villages here have Muslim names such as Talwandi Araian,...

Jul 22, 20172 min read

A Recurring Theme in Partition Stories

- Ramanjit Singh In almost all of the personal stories I have heard from my family and also watching the videos of Punjabis describing...

Jul 16, 20171 min read

At the Border

- Ramanjit Singh Couple of years ago we were at the Wagha border and saw the closing ceremony. It was a sombre event to see two people...

Jul 16, 20171 min read

Our process of cataloging events

We are doing research on the Punjab Partition and as part of this process we are cataloging the relevant content and providing context to...

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