Sialkot is more than a point on a map for this website — it is the hometown that gives From Sialkot its name and purpose. This page is a topic hub: history and memory, people and diaspora, food and places, and links to writing by Syed Anwar Wasti.
Sialkot history and identity
Sialkot, in Punjab, Pakistan, is widely known for industry and craft — and for a strong community culture that travels with people who leave. From Sialkot focuses on lived experience: hometown pride, diaspora connection and stories that keep the city present abroad.
Sialkot memories and photographs
Photo and travel storytelling on this site often returns to roots even while documenting journeys elsewhere. Explore the Pakistan Journey page for hometown-related gallery content when available, and the homepage gallery for recent images from countries visited.
People from Sialkot
From Sialkot exists so people from Sialkot — wherever they live — can reconnect, share stories and feel closer to home. Community guidance, Urdu Papers and personal essays all serve that audience.
Food, places and everyday culture
Food reviews and cultural writing on the Blog often compare diaspora life to tastes and habits remembered from Pakistan. Those pieces are part of how Sialkoti identity stays concrete — not abstract — online.
Sialkoti diaspora
From New York to cities worldwide, Sialkotis build new homes while keeping old ties. From Sialkot documents that movement: travel, settlement, gratitude, hard work and community responsibility.
Wasti family in Sialkot
Family memory is part of this hub. Visit Wasti Family of Sialkot for stories connected to Syed Anwar Wasti’s family background — shared carefully and without invented genealogy.
Syed Anwar Wasti
Syed Anwar Wasti founded From Sialkot after making New York his home. His biography, publications and social profiles are collected here:
Related articles
Writing on From Sialkot that mentions Sialkot or the Sialkoti community:
- Thank You for Giving Millions of Ordinary People an Extraordinary Voice
- ہم بھیجتے رہے، وہ حق سمجھتے رہے — ایک “شکریہ” کی کمی
- اردو نیوز — نیویارک کی پاکستانی امریکن کمیونٹی کی ایک معتبر آواز
- پرتگال اور ہندوستان کا 450 سالہ تعلق — واسکو ڈی گاما سے گوا کی جنگ تک
- لزبن کے سامنے بانہیں پھیلائے ’’کرسٹو رَے‘‘ — امن، جنگ اور شکرگزاری کی ایک حیرت انگیز داستان
- میں امیر ہو کر نہیں، بھرپور زندگی گزار کر مرنا چاہتا ہوں
- La Sagrada Família — انتونی گاؤدی کی عظیم عمارت کی مکمل کہانی
- بارسلونا بس کی کھلی چھت سے — گاؤدی کے شاہکاروں سے بحیرۂ روم کے ساحل تک
- انتونی گاؤدی — وہ معمار جس نے بارسلونا کو فن کا شاہکار بنا دیا
- اندلس سے پاکستان تک: اقتدار عارضی، عوام کا فیصلہ دائمی