# 105 - Chapter 12 - ਮੇਰਾ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨੀ ਸਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ - ਬਲਰਾਜ ਸਾਹਨੀ | Mera Pakistani Safarnama - Balraj Sahni | मेरा पाकिस्तानी सफ़रनामा - बलराज साहनी | AudioBooks by Manpreet Sahota

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April 11, 2026 · 19 min · Episode 105

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The episode discusses Chapter 12 of Balraj Sahni's travelogue, detailing his experiences and reflections during his visit to Pakistan.

Chapter 12 - Balraj Sahni meets his old friend Khurshid who regales him with his Pothohari Punjabi that Sahni has been longing to hear all through his trip. He also feels relatively easier now that he is not requird to go again and again to police stations to register himself. 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…

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Host: Dr. Manpreet Sahota

Topics covered

Punjabi travelogue
post-Partition
Balraj Sahni
memory
geography
cultural identity

Keywords

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

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mera Pakistani Safarnama

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

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