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Great Memories of a Great-Grandfather
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
... eyes - the fulfilment of his prayers; reputed to have been named by him even before my birth, after the name of a legendary saint scholar of a historic seminary of Amritsar! What an ironically tragic twist ... Thursday, 16 May 2019 -
Gurgaon Memoirs
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... in Amritsar. We would sit and watch this with amusement. There was so much joy in that feeding chore. The Ahuja family of Bannu Many years later, in more recent times, Ved Prakash ji, Sahib Ram Ahuja's ... Tuesday, 30 April 2019 -
My memories of Britain’s long and tortured exit 1931-47
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... and listening to the radio. News kept pouring in about communal rioting in cities west of Lahore and in Amritsar on the east. On March 8, the Congress Working Committee adopted a resolution asking for ... Saturday, 27 April 2019 -
Lahore in August 1947, as etched on my mind
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... were shouting and running, all at the same time. A few hours later a sizeable crowd was pushed into army trucks for their onward journey to some refugee camps in Amritsar. The vacant train coaches ... Wednesday, 27 March 2019 -
Memories of Amritsar Medical School
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
Dr. Prabodh K Gupta attended Government Medical College Amritsar, and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, with additional training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He ... Friday, 22 March 2019 -
The River Ravi - Then and Now
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 ... Monday, 31 December 2018 -
My Lahore
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... came to see me at Amritsar. I also remember that Satinder fancied a Muslim girl called Kesar, who lived in my hostel and often asked me to get them together. Once, after I had finished my medical studies, ... Monday, 17 December 2018 -
Face of Partition 1947
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... and waving swords. We felt very frightened. My father met us there and when a train pulled into the station, my father led us to the special salon wagon reserved for us to take us to Amritsar. He did ... Thursday, 13 December 2018 -
Memories of my Ferozepur and my mother
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Kumari Ji, a philanthropist from Amritsar. In the beginning, my mother used to go to the officials in the town and introduced herself as the mother of Mr GBK Hooja, my brother. But, a few years later ... Wednesday, 19 September 2018 -
Pindi Memoirs by a Sikh Son of the Soil - 5
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... Anand and his brother, Tejinder Anand, we flew from Delhi to Amritsar, and entered Pakistan via the Atari-Wagah border. We were welcomed by Shahid Shabbir, and many of his companions who had come all the ... Friday, 30 March 2018 -
My Medical Schooling in the 1960s
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... in national semi-finals by split second, and narrowly missed representing India in the Asian Olympics. I got my MBBS in 1964 from Government Medical College Amritsar, and then my M.D in Pathology in 1968 ... Tuesday, 27 March 2018 -
Lajwanti: Triumph and Tragedy
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... the border, unlike Amritsar. People in the train were laughing, initially at least. Most of them were leaving so as to be safe in case violence breaks out. All of them hoped to return eventually, when ... 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 -
A Woman with Two Names
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 ... Friday, 22 December 2017 -
Beeji, My Sister Toshi, and Our Family
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... and Sikh families living in our area had already left and crossed over to Amritsar. My father, being now the only Hindu family in the Jama Masjid street, was being told by his friends to send out his young ... Saturday, 11 November 2017 -
Punjab’s old days – relived through new friendships
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 ... Monday, 06 November 2017 -
Post-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 ... Monday, 30 October 2017 -
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