Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India 2004 - 2014, passed away on Thursday in New Delhi at the age of 92. Under his leadership, India, the largest democracy in the world, experienced an economic boom. But he never forgot his roots in the village of Gah, Punjab, where he was born in 1932, an area allocated to Pakistan after the Partition of 1947. Dr Singh was a staunch supporter of building better relations with Pakistan. However, not everyone believed in this dream and certain forces worked behind the scenes to keep them apart. A man raised in both worlds, he spoke Hindustani, writing his speeches in the Urdu script. Personal recollections from Dr Syeda Hameed and Lalita Ramdas, founder members and advisors to the Southasia Peace Action Network.

The extraordinary mortality rates in India between 1880 to 1920 were no accident.

An artist and educator from Karachi who worked closely with the late novelist Bapsi Sidhwa in Houston for many years shares her memories of the late, great writer including a tribute published ten years ago in The Houston Chronicle.

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