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Monday, August 17, 2020

Sweets Survive Partition: Be It In Jalandhar or At Gujranwala, They Still Taste The Same

     

                      Jalandhar Sweets at Gujranwala

Mohammad Zafar, owner of Jalandhar Sweets, had migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and settled in Gujrawala. He started his business under the same name at Gujrawala.

         Muhammad: Our grandfather had migrated from Jalandhar. He named ...

“Our grandfather had migrated from Jalandhar. He named his shop Jalandhar Sweets after moving to Gujranwala. Now we have three such shops in Gujranwala. There is a Jalandhar Sweets in Lahore also. They are also our distant relatives,” said Salman mehmood, grandson of Mohammad Zafar.

He said, “We never faced any issue with the name of the shops. No one ever objected to it. I want to go to Jalandhar. I will soon after relations between both countries normalise. We used to listen to stories of Partition from our grandmother.”

“Our business and reputation is good by the grace of God. My grandfather had set up his shop in Jalandhar city in 1922. He knew nothing other than confectionery. So he started the same business again in Gujranwala. This name became our heritage,” said Mehmood.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/sweets-survive-partition-be-it-in-jalandhar-or-at-gujranwala-they-still-taste-the-same-6557797/

Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi