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"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Aruna Kohli
The author was Editor of Delhi Diary, a weekly magazine, devoted to tourism and culture. Her articles have been published in erstwhile Eve’s Weekly, a women’s magazine. Her previous book, ‘A Legacy by the Indus - Memories of Migrants from Dera Ismail Khan’ documented the lifestyle, oral culture and folklore of her parents’ home town. In this book, ‘KADOKANA (Long Ago) - Untold Narratives of Saraiki People displaced by Partition’, she has expanded the scope of her research to include displaced families from Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Kohat, Quetta and Multan by explRead More...
KADOKANA
Books by Aruna Kohli
This book contains untold stories of the Saraiki people, from Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Kohat, Quetta and Multan, who crossed over to India during the Partition in 1947. Before these stories become vague, disjointed and totally fade out, the author has stirred the dormant memories of people who breathed the times and their descendants who heard them.
Every story is unique and recalled with fervour, longing and respect for their roots.
KADOKANA
Books by Aruna Kohli
This book contains untold stories of the Saraiki people, from Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Kohat, Quetta and Multan, who crossed over to India during the Partition in 1947. Before these stories become vague, disjointed and totally fade out, the author has stirred the dormant memories of people who breathed the times and their descendants who heard them.
Every story is unique and recalled with fervour, longing and respect for their roots.
A LEGACY BY THE INDUS
Books by Aruna Kohli
This book is about the life and culture of the Hindu migrants from Dera Ismail Khan, a city by the Indus River, a commercial hub on the trade route from Afghanistan. The Hindus fled the city in 1947 when India got divided. They left their homes empty-handed but carried with them a rich legacy of an unwritten culture, memories and an ancient language. With the passage of years their language, Derewali, is rarely spoken in India and most of the traditions an
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