Sunrise over Valivade

This memoir based in the Gandhinagar Refugee Camp at Valiwade Kolhapur narrates a tale of heartbreak and devastation met with resilience and determination – of remarkable feats by ordinary people who adapted swiftly to their tragic loss and displacement striving relentlessly to secure a better life for future generations. A poignant narrative it connects rejection with reconciliation and loss of cultural heritage with efforts to rebuild lives of comfort and dignity.Sindhis are often reduced to shallow caricatures their presence taken for granted their origins misunderstood and unacknowledged. Books like this allow the rich multi-layered reality to emerge.