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Valtoha

by Hamant Singh

A family search across generations

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A family search across generations

Valtoha links a boy’s search for his grandfather with an adult narrator’s effort to trace his family’s roots. Told through an epistolary nonfiction narrative, the account begins with letters to the dead and develops into a journey to India, guided by a post-office address left in correspondence between brothers. The search retraces the grandfather’s path from a farming village in Punjab to his eventual arrival in Singapore, connecting family history with migration and the places that shape it.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in family history and tracing ancestry.
  • Readers drawn to nonfiction about Indigenous migration and journeys between Punjab and Singapore.

Themes

Family roots and remembranceIndigenous migrationLetters and correspondencePunjab and Singapore

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Book overview

VALTOHA is an epistolary non-fictional narrative about a boy's search for his grandfather and a man's search for his roots. It begins with an unusual practice of writing to the dead and then the actual search for his grandfather's village. Armed with only a post office address from a letter between brothers, the writer and his family set off for India to find out more about their past. They meet several characters and encounters as they retrace his steps from a farming village in Punjab to his eventual arrival in Singapore.

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