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One of the founders of the Indian Institute of Sindhology in Adipur, Lakhmi Khilani is an award-winning short story writer in Sindhi. In this interview he talks about the challenges faced by the Sindhi community after the Partition of India, the impact on Sindhi culture and the establishment of the…
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Dr. Prakash, an educationist and award-winning author became associated with the Indian Institute of Sindhology in 2002 as a member of the Board and a Trustee, managing the Sadhu Hiranand Navalrai Academy in Adipur. In this interview he touches on the trauma of the Partition of India, his literary…
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An Untold Story of Displacement and Struggle
‘The Partition of India may or may not be a major event in world history,’ according to linguist and fiction writer Dr Satish Rohra, ‘but for the Sindhi community, it is a very important and painful event; it split the community into two in separate…
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A story in any language is said to be as old as human speech itself. In India, we have a vast storehouse of stories in the Puranas, Jatakas, Panchatantra and so on, all of which are stories that aim to impart certain educational or moral values. The genre of modern short stories, however, is quite…
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https://www.sahapedia.org/%E2%80%98culture-runs-the-veins-of-the-community%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-interview-vasdev-mohiModern Sindhi literature is generally divided into two periods—the British era (1843–1947) and the post-Partition phase, but its genesis was several centuries earlier, building on a…
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This multimedia module is an in-depth exploration of Sindhi literature after the Partition of India in 1947. With the Partition, Sindhis lost vital links to their land, language and culture, which was built on a rich tradition of Sufistic thought and a synthesis of various cultures. While the…
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It was in 1941 that I started writing The Last Page. Six years may be no more than a drop in the ocean of eternity, but how the world has changed in this short period! On 22nd June 1941, when the first Last Page appeared, Hitler’s legions were goose-stepping across the Soviet border, the Congress…
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The Bhaibands, a Hindu trading community located in pockets all around the world today, originated in Hyderabad, Sindh, a town situated in India until Partition in 1947.
Map of India in 1857 (viewed on November 27, 2016)
The Bhaiband Sindhworkis emerged from the determined efforts of a few…
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Introduction
Monica Mahtani Bhojwani was born in a prisoner of war camp in France in 1940, an exciting story documented in her first book (see this link). Monica grew up in post-Partition Karachi. As a young bride, she moved to Gibraltar, where she and her husband Santu lived for ten years. After…
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Bhai Pratap was not just a Sindhi hero. Given the magnitude of his achievements, the extent of his culture and learning and the impact his decisions and actions had on others, Bhai Pratap was a hero of humankind. And yet, there are no memorials or tomes that commemorate his extraordinary life. He…
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