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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 -
Walking in the hills and the plains of the Punjab - in the times of the British Raj
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, 20 August 2015 -
Pindi Memoirs by a Sikh Son of the Soil -3
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... They later came to India several times and visited us in Amritsar, Chandigarh and Delhi. We are told that the Pakistan Government had restored Harinder's share of property to him. The couple lived happily ... Friday, 14 August 2015 -
From Khyber to Kanya Kumari
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... at Amritsar. Here he stayed with his close friend, Sardar Sampuran Singh Gill, who was later India's Deputy High Commissioner in Lahore. My father had only Rs. 300 in his pocket, and nothing else. All ... Friday, 14 August 2015 -
Memories of 1940s Campbellpore
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 ... Saturday, 08 August 2015 -
Memories of Muktsar: 1942
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, 19 July 2015