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Jinhe Lahore nahin dekhiya...

October 15, 2008
To conclude the book reading session Sarna chose a very poetically written passage about Lahore in the voice of Mangla, a maid-servant of Queen Jindan who becomes a very influential personality as Duleep Singh's tragic journey continues. In fact, Mangla is one of the six narrators apart from the subject himself who tells you Duleep Singh's story.

Mangla: I still remember the time when I reached the city of my dreams. A city whose glory was to become my glory, at least for a while. We used to say in our village that he who has not seen Lahore has not been born...

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