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April 4, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 104

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The episode discusses Balraj Sahni's travelogue recounting his journey through Pakistan post-Partition.

Sahni recounts the train journey from Sargodha to Rawalpindi - right to the Pindi train station. On the way, he recalls his very first train journey, he thinks of various stations while crossing them, and ultimately with an aching heart - he enters Pindi - like an outsider coming home. 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…

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Host: Dr. Manpreet Sahota

Topics covered

travelogue
Partition
Punjabi literature
memory
geography
cultural identity

Keywords

Balraj Sahni
Mera Pakistani Safarnama
Punjabi travelogue
Partition
Sargodha
Rawalpindi
1962
memory
geography

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mera Pakistani Safarnama

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

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