Syed Babar Ali and Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar : A lifelong school friendship that transcended borders, faiths

LAST week, Syed Babar Ali dedicated a classroom in memory of his best friend, Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar, at their alma mater Aitchison College in Lahore. Babli Brar, the daughter of Harcharan Brar, came from India to attend this special gathering. Babar Ali and Brar came from very different backgrounds. Brar, born in 1922, was from a Sikh landlord family of Sarai Nanga near Ferozepore; while Ali, born in 1926, hailed from a Syed Muslim business family of Lahore. Both met at Aitchison Colleg...

By none@none.com (Dr Tarunjit Singh ButaliaKaivan Mir)