# 100 - Chapter 7 - ਮੇਰਾ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨੀ ਸਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ - ਬਲਰਾਜ ਸਾਹਨੀ | Mera Pakistani Safarnama - Balraj Sahni | मेरा पाकिस्तानी सफ़रनामा - बलराज साहनी | AudioBooks by Manpreet Sahota

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February 28, 2026 · 21 min · Episode 100

About this episode

The episode discusses Chapter 7 of Balraj Sahni's travelogue, detailing his experiences during a visit to Pakistan in 1962.

Chapter 7 - Sahni has a feeling of deja vu in various faces he sees and in various settings during his visit to Pakistan in 1962. His interactions with the tribesmen of Heer Syal are the highlight of this trip to Jhang. Mera Pakistani Safarnama (My Pakistani Travelogue) is a Punjabi travelogue by Balraj Sahni, based on his 1962 visit to Pakistan, more than a decade after Partition. Written in Punjabi and first serialised in 'Preet Lari' magazine in the early 1960s, the book documents Sahni’s journey through Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bhera, Jhang, and Sargodha—places tied to his childhood and pre-1947 life. Structured as a factual travel account, it records encounters with people, observations of cities and countryside, and recollections of institutions, homes, and streets shaped by displacement. The text is a primary literary document of post-Partition return, grounded in lived experience rather than political commentary, and remains a significant Punjabi prose work on memory, geography, and divided Punjab. The book is more relevant today in the politically charged and communal environment of the sub-continent. Balraj Sahni (1913–1973), born Yudhishthir Sahni in Rawalpindi (then…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Manpreet Sahota

Topics covered

travelogue
Punjabi literature
post-Partition
memory
geography
cultural identity

Keywords

Balraj Sahni
Mera Pakistani Safarnama
travelogue
Punjab
1962
post-Partition
cultural identity
Punjabi literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mera Pakistani Safarnama

Places: Pakistan, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bhera, Jhang, Sargodha

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