Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay has dedicated his life to Gandhian principles, and one of his books, “Gandhi Parikrama,” has been prescribed by Calcutta University as one of the texts for its honors course in philosophy. Read his story
Stories you helped preserve this week:
Avtar Kaur Kahlon remembers family picnics at the Upper Bari Doab Canal, the highlight of which were the big “amban dian tokriyan” (mango baskets) they often took along with them. Read her story
“We have forgotten our collective history, particularly our languages, and scripts which are fabrics of our cultural identity,” Nayyara Shamim says. Read her story
“We should all learn from our mistakes and build from them,” says Chaudry Abdul Rasheed. Read his story
Niranjan Dasgupta remembers the huge number of refugees that crowded the streets of Kolkata during Partition Read his story
Meet Citizen Historian Pinky Shamdasani: “So far I have done one interview. I recorded my father’s story, and I learned so many things that I didn’t know! I look forward to be involved more in story recording.” Read her story
“If I were in a position of leadership during Partition, I would not have let corruption seep into the system,” Bushra Rahmaan says. Read her story
Today, Lakhi Shamdasani lives in Barcelona, Spain with his family. He wishes to visit his home of Hyderabad someday. Read his story
Laxmi Satija was born in 1935 in Bakkar, near Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She lost her mother when she was nine or ten years old. She recalls her mother being an extremely talented woman who taught her knitting and stitching at a very young age. Read her story
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