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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- SUNRISE OVER VALIVADE by Susheel Gajwani is a historical record and an intimate family account. This video shows the book launch at Hyderabad Literary Festival. The book is introduced by its publisher, Saaz Aggarwal, followed by a reading by her, the author Susheel Gajwani, and Sindhi litterateur Barkha Khushalani. The subsequent audience interaction brings to light information about the book as well about the Sindhi language and community.
SUNRISE OVER VALIVADE emerges from the well-populated yet little-known Gandhinagar Refugee Camp at Valiwade, Kolhapur. It tells a story of heartbreak and devastation met with resilience and determination. It brings to light a history obscured by time, and the remarkable feats of ordinary men and women who adapted swiftly to their tragic loss and displacement, continuing to strive with all their might, to secure a better future for the generations that followed. Poignancy weaves through this narrative, connecting rejection with reconciliation, loss of cultural heritage with relentless efforts to rebuild lives of comfort and dignity, and the past with the present.
This book received praise from many well-known writers and intellectuals. The cover carries blurbs from Jerry Pinto and Anand Patwardhan:
“An important book, a record of the time after Partition, when the Sindhi community began the rebuilding of their lives in refugee camps.”
JERRY PINTO
“Sunrise over Valiwade is an eye-opener. The widespread image of Sindhis in India has always been of savvy, well-to-do businessmen. Here we get a poignant glimpse into the lives of a people, now without means, displaced from their ancestral homes and made to settle in a new land at the mercy of those who already occupied it. It is a universal story, told with compassion. One can only imagine that it mirrors the story of refugees on the other side of every border, in the man-made tragedy of Partition.”
ANAND PATWARDHAN
Sindhis are seen all around the world - generally well settled and prosperous. Their presence is invariably taken for granted, their origins seldom considered, or understood, or even acknowledged. They are often reduced to shallow caricatures, moulded into a one-dimensional monolith. Books like this allow the rich, multi-layered reality to emerge.
