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Pre-Partition Punjab Vignettes
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Widower. Two children and their ... Sunday, 20 August 2017 -
My paternal grandparents and family
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Masalas were getting ground in the verandah. There was a specialist from Amritsar doing salma work. One suit was made for me also. At that time, the women in my community did not go out for shopping. There ... Sunday, 20 August 2017 -
A time to depart for Saat Samundar Paar
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Widower. Two children and their ... Sunday, 06 August 2017 -
India’s First Independence Day
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Widower. Two children and their ... Friday, 14 July 2017 -
Channo’s mother and her boys
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Monday, 03 July 2017 -
The Breast-Beater
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Sunday, 23 April 2017 -
A few visits to the Golden Temple at Amritsar
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Widower. Two children and their ... Sunday, 09 April 2017 -
My brother: handsome, witty, generous, tragic
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Wednesday, 11 January 2017 -
Dr. Bhowani Dass
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Saturday, 03 December 2016 -
A non-vegetarian life in the pre-1947 Punjab
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Widower. Two children and their families ... Sunday, 25 September 2016 -
Eating (not) Beef in Lahore
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Widower. Two children and their ... Saturday, 17 September 2016 -
Memories of Bombay 1950s
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB from Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Ancient widower. Two children ... Monday, 12 September 2016 -
Farewell at the Delhi Railway Station 1958
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... arrive from Amritsar, which will take the newly wedded couples to Victoria Terminus at Bombay, their new lives and new places of residence. They would travel by second class. Who are these people? In ... Friday, 02 September 2016 -
Her three sons
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Wednesday, 29 June 2016 -
Kalu Taya
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Sunday, 14 February 2016 -
Pindi Memoirs by a Sikh Son of the Soil - 4
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... at Chowk Saidpur Road. In fact Chaudhary Tariq Azam paid many visits to many families in Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar and some other places, and always visited us. He used to get Birth Certificates from ... Saturday, 09 January 2016 -
Swamiji
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Wednesday, 09 December 2015 -
Sour Grapes
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Born in 1941, Vinod was brought up and educated in Amritsar. He attended Government Medical College, and subsequently trained as a surgeon at PGI, Chandigarh. He left for USA in 1969, and retired ... Saturday, 26 September 2015 -
Youthful memories of the Punjab of long ago
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB From Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Long retired. Widower. A son ... Sunday, 20 September 2015 -
Conversational language(s) in the pre-1947Punjab
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... ranging from a cobbler's son (poorly shod as the proverb goes) to a judge's son. MB From Glancy (now Government) Medical College Amritsar, 1958. Comet 4 to Heathrow, 1960. Long retired. Widower. A son ... Thursday, 27 August 2015