Kitne Dur Kitne Paas

In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Harleen Singh - a storyteller between Delhi, Toronto, and Lahore, researcher, historian, and author of the book The Lost Heer: Women in Colonial Punjab (2025). He speaks about his journey from documenting oral histories of Partition to studying women’s histories in colonial Punjab with the creation of the Lost Heer Project in 2018. He takes the liste...

In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Canada-based Pakistani Writer, Oral historian and Educator Anam Zakaria. Anam speaks about the personal yet deeply political nature of her work and her own positionality as is reflected in her books - 1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India , Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir and The Footprint...

“This is the burden of the border. Ki Humein pata hi nahi ki woh kaise hai; unhe nahi pata hum kaise hai. When we meet, we are almost mirror reflections of each other. We are not antonyms.” In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in conversation with oral historian and writer Aanchal Malhotra. They talk about all things that continue to transcend the geo-political borders created by the Partition of the...

In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in conversation with Fatma Shah, a Lahore-based curator and writer with a keen interest in art, literature, and cultural heritage. They discuss a wide range of themes including the division of Muslim families between India and Pakistan caused by Partition, India-Pakistan Peace forums, and physically held conventions for cross-border dialogue until the mid-2000s, t...

In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Laraib Asdaf, founder and curator of Purana Pakistan - a public digital archive dedicated to the side of Pakistan and its people that most today are oblivious to. Laraib speaks about the Muhajir Community in Karachi, and how Partition has shaped the city, which stands out among the other cities of Pakistan and to her also seems like a ‘Mini India’ in...

In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Amy Singh, a poet, writer, storyteller, facilitator, and advocate of cross-border peace from Chandigarh. Amy is the host and producer of the Partition Podcast - Agla Warqa and the founder of the initiative: Daak: to Lahore with Love. Amy talks about her first visit to Lahore, almost like a homecoming, dreamy, magical, and yet familiar and full of war...

In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in a cross-border conversation with Haroon Khalid. Haroon speaks about the genesis of his work on religious syncretism in Pre-Partition and Pre-Colonial Punjab and non-Muslim history and heritage in Pakistan. He unpacks the homogenization and crystallization of religious identities under colonial rule, exemplifying the historicity of shared folk traditions and pra...

In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in a cross-border conversation with Hussain Khalid, an independent creative practitioner based in Karachi, Pakistan. They discuss everything from childhood memories of Garmi ki Chutti at Nani Ghar, Ekta Kapoor Serials, the sitcom Shararat, Sanju's magic pencil in Shaka Laka Boom Boom, and Chhaiya Chhaiya toy phones to the shared heritage and coexistence of com...

In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in a cross-border conversation with Umair Hashmi, a British-Pakistani filmmaker and photo-journalist based in Lahore. They discuss a wide range of nostalgic experiences from the Pre-Cable times common to those on both sides of the Indo-Pak Border, in the 1990s, especially associated with Doordarshan shows and Bollywood films like Maine Pyaar Kiya and Mohabbatein....

An Introduction