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My mother-a devoted teacher
Category: Stories/Stories About Women
... Savitri Hooja Kathuria, my mother, and Jairatan Kathuria leaving Lahore for Karachi shortly after their wedding in March 1942. My mother, Savitri Hooja Kathuria, was a teacher. Well all parents ... Friday, 20 April 2018 -
Pindi Memoirs by a Sikh Son of the Soil - 5
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... blasts in which five people died. I remember in Lahore, the city of gardens, education and cinemas, people used to say "If you haven't seen Lahore, you haven't even been born" but I proudly say that one ... Friday, 30 March 2018 -
My parents’ wedding - 1931
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Reginald was born in Lahore before Partition. He writes books on various subjects pertaining to South Asia. A former London journalist, he now lives in Mid Wales with his actor wife Jamila. His latest ... Wednesday, 28 March 2018 -
My Medical Schooling in the 1960s
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Renu Jalota, born in 1942 in Lahore, grew up in Tatanagar and Benares with two brothers and three sisters. Father was a Professor of Psychology. At age 16, I trained in 80-meter hurdles. Came second ... Tuesday, 27 March 2018 -
Shaheed Bhagat Singh: His Martyr’s Notebook
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
Bhupendra Hooja, born in Lahore in 1920, was a revolution focused student leader, an aspiring actor, a moderately successful scriptwriter and author. In the 1940s, he was a broadcaster for All India ... Monday, 26 March 2018 -
Lajwanti: Triumph and Tragedy
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... had cheered for the Mahatma when he toured Lahore, and Hindus had supported the cause of Khilafat. How could the Muslims even think of breaking away from the Hindustan they had fought for?' It was mind ... Tuesday, 20 March 2018 -
Travels to many cities - loving life in Lyallpur
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... many places in those six months. We went to Dibrugarh in Assam, from there we came to Calcutta, from Calcutta we went to Lahore via Amritsar, from Lahore we went to Sreenagar [Srinagar] via Murry [Murree]. ... Thursday, 01 March 2018 -
My Mother’s Family in Pre-Partition Ludhiana
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
I was born in Ludhiana on 19 April, 1943, though my recorded date of birth is 11 July, 1942. After India's Partition, I was raised and educated in Lahore. I studied at Forman Christian College, Lahore ... Thursday, 07 December 2017 -
Beeji, My Sister Toshi, and Our Family
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... FA, had luckily got into the well-known MacLagan Engineering College near Lahore, Mugalpura. I was in the10th class - bad student right from start. I hardly had the opportunity of interaction with my ... Saturday, 11 November 2017 -
Punjab’s old days – relived through new friendships
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Principal. SS Joginder 20 July 2016 Thank you, Sardar Ji, Sat sri akal. I arrived in Ludhiana in August 1947. I had completed one academic year of F Sc in Lahore DAV College, when impending partition ... Monday, 06 November 2017 -
From Bannu to Corning – Notwithstanding the trauma of Partition
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... back from Iraq to India in 1941, when his younger brother Birbal, a police inspector was murdered by Pathan smugglers in Abbottabad. Soon afterwards, my father was transferred to Lahore in 1942. Here ... Friday, 20 October 2017 -
Victory day of the 1971 war
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
... was code-named "Operation Cactus Lily". Our Battalion fought along the Samba (near Jammu) - Lahore axis. Our Division crossed the international border and moved southward towards Lahore. We were ordered ... Friday, 29 September 2017 -
Memories of youthful days in pre-Independence Punjab
Category: Stories/Stories About Women
Indira Pasricha was born on 17 January 1917 in Sidhpur in Multan district. She studied in Kinnaird College, Lahore. She married Prem Pasricha on 28 April 1940 in Lahore. She was a social worker and played ... Saturday, 26 August 2017 -
My maternal grandparents and family
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Indira Pasricha was born on 17 January 1917 in Sidhpur in Multan district. She studied in Kinnaird College, Lahore. She married Prem Pasricha on 28 April 1940 in Lahore. She was a social worker and played ... Monday, 21 August 2017 -
Pre-Partition Punjab Vignettes
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... daa mohalla (The mohalla - neighbourhood - of Puris). Anandaan di gullee (Street of Anand familiies). Did go to Bhera in 1995. With my daughter. Kindness of a Lahori friend who was a surgeon in Lahore. ... Sunday, 20 August 2017 -
My paternal grandparents and family
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Indira Pasricha was born on 17 January 1917 in Sidhpur in Multan district. She studied in Kinnaird College, Lahore. She married Prem Pasricha on 28 April 1940 in Lahore. She was a social worker and played ... Sunday, 20 August 2017 -
Pre-Partition family memories
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Lyallpur. This Massi's daughter, Kanta Bhenji, married a PCS officer Prakash Suri in Lahore. She was one of the most popular Ayurveda hakims. It was claimed that she could diagnose your disease by just ... Sunday, 13 August 2017 -
History of Hope Circus, Alwar
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... (Lahore). For over 35 years, he worked for the Reserve Bank of India, where he headed several all-India departments, and was also the Principal of the RBI Staff College. Now (2017) 91 years old, he is ... Thursday, 27 July 2017 -
India’s First Independence Day
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... be part of India, not Pakistan) but had not received transfer orders. Therefore, she was still at her post in Lahore when we last heard from her - several days before 15 August. My maternal grandfather ... Friday, 14 July 2017 -
Channo’s mother and her boys
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... trains coming from and going to Lahore, which was part of the newly created Pakistan. These trains were often full of dead bodies, courtesy of religious warriors of the three main religions of Punjab: ... Monday, 03 July 2017