نامعلوم افراد نے ہندوؤں کے مقدس اوراق جلادیے

سندھ کے ضلع خیرپور میں نامعلوم افراد نے مندر کے اندر داخل ہوکر ہندوؤں کے مقدس اوراق کو آگ لگادی جس کے بعد علاقے…

تھر کے مندر تو آج بھی موروں کی خوراک کا انتظام کر رہے ہیں، مگر حکومت کہاں ہے؟

ننگر پارکر میں ایسے بہت سارے مندر موجود ہیں جہاں ان خوبصورت موروں کی باقاعدہ نگہداشت کی جاتی ہے. لیکن ان مندروں کی حکومت…

The rich history of South Asia is the history of Pakistan too

History of South Asia – South Asia includes the contemporary political entities of the Indian subcontinent and associated islands. Therefore, its history includes the…

The Hindus of Pakistan

A seminal book on the Hindu temples of Pakistan should be read by all Pakistanis. Journalist Reema Abbasi and photographer Madiha Aijaz have done…

Bulleh Shah and Holi – Madan Gopal Singh sings

Another Incarnation

Published in The New York Times By PANKAJ MISHRA Visiting India in 1921, E. M. Forster witnessed the eight-day celebration of Lord Krishna’s birthday.…

More on Varun Gandhi

Amarjit Chandan has sent another article on the Varun Gandhi’s saga. My views have been quoted again. Naveen S Garewal Tribune News Service, Chandigarh,…

Varun Gandhi is a scary bigot

A post at Pak Tea House and the subsequent sharp comments have attracted some ire among the readers as to what is Varun Gandhi…

The Battle over Hindu History

Author Wendy Doniger, Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago’s Divinity School , writes on this blog about her new work. This new…

On Damadam Mast Qalandar

Renuka Narayanan writing for the Hindustan Times So many wake-up calls The unrelenting terror trail across India recalls young Pakistani author Raza Rumi’s wistful…

Bulleh Shah – a few poems

Bulleh Shah ‘s poetry addresses most maladies that we face in this day and age. Recently, I was asked to help a friend with…

Becoming Pakistani

A fine piece of writing at Opendemocracy: As a small child, Maruf Khwajas life was transformed by the carving of his mother country into…

Dispatches: Lahore

A friend of mine sent me this piece on Lahore from S. Abbas Raza’s blog. I absolutely love it. Source -> Dispatches: Lahore Lahore…