Sindh 1947

Wrenching separation heroic rebuilding cultural quagmires

This talk is a collection of extraordinary stories centered on the role-model Sindhi refugees of 1947: stories you have never heard before, stories you will love. They are illustrated with the author’s collection of high-quality archival images which provide an added dimension.

Saaz Aggarwal is a writer and artist who lives in Pune. She wrote columns for mainstream Mumbai newspapers between 1990 and 2010 mainly humour parody and nonsense but also a long stretch centered on books and authors.

In 2005 she started writing books of her own and continues churning out biographies corporate histories and family chronicles. Her books on Sindh are in libraries of the best universities around the world and have been featured in major lit-fests and academic conferences in India Pakistan and the UK. Her paintings and mixed-media collections have also received critical acclaim and are in the homes of collectors around the world as well as in corporate offices in India.