What Remains of the Khes

Arjunvir Singh and Rashi Sharma tell the story of Khes, a humble Punjabi textile that carries the imprint of a shared history fractured by Partition.

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What Remains of the Khes

A portrait of Arjun’s great grandmother taken against a Majnu Khes, early 1950s