“Mr. Singh, you should not give so much credit to the divine,” I was advised by an elderly gentleman after I spoke at the Islamabad Literature Festival in April 2017.
In response, I could only smile and remain quiet because only I know that no rationality can explain why the multitude of energies came together to support my quest that has enabled me to complete two extensive field explorations to produce two voluminous books in less than three years!
“THE QUEST CONTINUES: LOST HERITAGE The Sikh legacy in Pakistan”, presents explorations across 90 cities and villages in 56,000 words and 618 photos from Pakistan Administered Kashmir, Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
“LOST HERITAGE The Sikh legacy in Pakistan”, presents explorations across 36 cities and villages in 53,000 words and 506 photos from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Pakistan Administered Kashmir.
These two volumes are my humble attempt to preserve in print for posterity, a holistic study of the multitude of tangible and intangible facets of a legacy that continues to bear a mute witness to the impact of partition.
I have been told that these two books are like doing two Ph.D. in three years on a subject that has been nearly impossible to explore freely for seven decades since partition!
Isn’t this a divine intervention?
