Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 37th episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers, and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history.

In this episode we are joined by Salman Siddiqi, who is a student of International Relations and Global Studies who has a great interest in the history of partitions, especially on Punjab and Palestine. He is the author of the article, “A tale of two tragedies. A historical background and comparative analysis of the Nakba and the Partition.”

Today we will be discussing this article which outlines both the timeline and common themes and differences that can be found throughout these two histories that ran parallel in the 20th century. We begin by introducing the British Colonial regime which occupied both territories and end with a discussion on the current state of affairs after the independence movements.