My ancestors came from the village of Harappa, specifically the area associated with the Harappan civilisation or the Indus Valley civilisation (IVC). My grandparents and father (who was a young child then) witnessed the Partition firsthand; members of my family arrived penniless in this part of the country which is called India or Bharat.
Subsequently, after my grandfather’s death, they moved to the melting pot of Delhi. They survived the trauma of one of history’s greatest displacements and built new lives for themselves in Bharat. For all their losses — lives of loved ones, ancestors’ land, and property — not one of them became a thief or a criminal or a terrorist. They took the values of their civilisation so seriously that they continued to live them despite all the difficulties and despair.Research into the Harappan Civilisation remains shrouded in mystery as historians were unsuccessful in deciphering its writing system, which consists of 400 unique symbols that appear on short stamp seals, amulets and pottery. Latest research has yet to become popular to construct the scientific narrative into the language, and paleo channels of Saraswati have to gain universal acceptance for exchange of information.
