Artist Suman Gujral became interested in Partition through stories shared by her mother, Trilochan Kaur Gujral, weaving those stories and memories into her poetry and art practice. Here, she interviews her very elderly mother, who… Read more »
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Artist Suman Gujral became interested in Partition through stories shared by her mother, weaving those stories and memories into her poetry and art practice. Suman’s parents were Sikhs living in Lahore, who fled to Amritsar… Read more »
In this short snippet, Birbhadhur Singh talks about his journey from Daska in the Sialkot District in the Punjab, to Tilbury in Essex in 1961. He also shares a story about his trip to Pakistan… Read more »
In this short clip, Muhammad Ahsan talks briefly about his forefather’s experiences of life immediately after Partition, in the city of Firozpur and surrounding villages on the new India-Pakistan border.
In this short clip, Shahnaz Nawaz shares her Grandmother’s story about her Grandad, who was a police inspector and had prior knowledge of Partition, so managed to cross the border comfortably a few days before… Read more »
In this short clip, Mohammed Nawaz talks briefly about his father’s experience in the early days after partition. Mohammed came to the UK in 1971, aged 11, to join his father who had come to… Read more »
Key timelines for the Flatford: Becoming Constable commission are as follows: Commission Start Date/Induction: March 2026 Audience Engagement Activity: March – September 2026 Commission End date/final report: September/October 2026 At the proposal stage, we are… Read more »
The budget for the Flatford: Becoming Constable commission is £15,000 including VAT. This will be treated as a grant. This is inclusive of all expenses. At the proposal stage, we are not looking for too… Read more »
Mohinder Kaur Kang, born in Jalandhar East Punjab, arrived in England in the early 1960’s once her husband Harjit Singh Kang had already settled and secured a job as a post man in Barking. After… Read more »
Born in Ipswich, 1955, Prabhjot Kaur was the first of her family to be born in the UK after the Partition of India. Both her parents Narinjan Singh Lovly and Sukchain Kaur, originally from West… Read more »