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I am a psychiatrist but for this article I am the child of one of these men, Major Sharanjit pal Singh Waraich captured in the Husainiwala sector in 1971 on 3rd december.
Dr Waraich MD
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Letter from Multan
B Waraich Jun 7, 2007 interacts: 4 Views: 2039In Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore, that was our first day at a jail. The relatives, some of them were quite hopeful of finding someone. Call it wishful thinking or whatever.
Update on trip to Pakistan- Kot Lakhpat jail
B Waraich Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 11 Views: 2702On the 2nd of June, we were shown 59 prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore. Of these, 53 had already been seen by the Indian High Commission . Usually , many prisoners come here once their sentence is over. So there may be more Indian prisoners who are
Search for the Missing in Action
B Waraich Jun 3, 2007 interacts: 66 Views: 4262A diary of the 14 day trip to Pakistan to search for MIA in Pakistani jails- an appeal for help.
Dealing with Addiction
B Waraich Feb 3, 2006 interacts: 9 Views: 2003He would stay stable, convince himself he was not going to go back to the damned injections and afeem again; then one fine day, he would find his feet taking him to the supplier
33 Years and Counting
B Waraich Aug 26, 2005 interacts: 85 Views: 7231The issue of 54 prisoners from the 1971 war continues to fester- when will the truth come out?
Movie: Blue and A Japanese Story
B Waraich Apr 4, 2005 interacts: 5 Views: 2334Two movies about relationships, death and love, the most inscrutable of emotions
Life in the Western World for a Woman
B Waraich Apr 3, 2005 interacts: 9 Views: 2592Is life in the west liberating for women from the subcontinent- devoid of the usual social straitlace which prevents them from being their true selves?
Born Again
B Waraich Feb 2, 2005 interacts: 7 Views: 2511The rabid religiousness was infectious. It didn’t affect me though. I was more concerned with the weight of the knot of hair on my head and my asthma. I wanted to be born again, leave the knot of hair behind, shave off the hair on my face, leave my
Flouting International Laws-What is Dubyas Rationale?
B Waraich Jan 20, 2005 interacts: 54 Views: 5469There were two articles in the news today. “Charles Graner sentenced to 10 years for the abuse of the Abu Ghraib prisoners.” The second was “A Bosnian Serb, Savo Todovic, deputy commander of the Faco concentration camp in the 1990s wher
Moving to an Alien Land
B Waraich Jan 9, 2005 interacts: 23 Views: 5174Moving even temporarily to another country can be extremely angst ridden. Even the things you disliked suddenly seem comfortable because of their familiarity.
What is Freedom After All?
B Waraich Oct 29, 2004 interacts: 12 Views: 2650Freedom can mean many things, what does it mean to you?
The Forgotten 54 - When will the War Finish for Them?
B Waraich Sep 3, 2004 interacts: 17 Views: 4823It has been 32 years and a few months. “A long time” as most people say shaking their heads and dismiss it from their minds.
B Waraich
- Articles on Chowk: 12
- First article: Sep 3, 2004
- Latest article: Jun 7, 2007
- Times read on Chowk: 43790
