Dara Shikoh’s World Of Islam Imagined
During the Fall 2022 semester, I had the pleasure of taking a course titled “The World of Islam,” taught by ...
Monday, January 30, 2023
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On The Set Of Mughal-e-Azam And Behind The Scenes: ‘Jab Pyar Kia To Darna Kia’
Much has been written about the Indian period film Mughal-e-Azam and much more shall continue to be written. The world ...
Plato’s Atlantis, Valmiki’s Ramayana And Modi’s Hindutva Today
The search for paradise on earth has always fired the imagination of scholars and dreamers, whether it is the Englishman ...
When Giants Walked In Balochistan
In my first conversation with Nawab Akbar Bugti, he cited Ibn Khaldun. I was curious as to where the Nawab ...
Race, Culture, Terrorism And ‘Deep Structures’: Conversations With Noam Chomsky
Rarely are men who are renowned in their time gifted with both intellect and a caring heart. Noam Chomsky is ...
When Benazir Bhutto Launched My Jinnah Book At SOAS, London
“Benazir Bhutto has been killed, and we want you live on BBC television straight away, please.” It was early morning ...
Follow The Hollow: Politics Of Consumption Among The Middle-Classes In India And Pakistan
Consumerism, or the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods, largely emerged from the 19th century onwards. It ...
Constantly Lost: The Identity Crisis And Meltdowns Of The Blocked Elite In Pakistan
There were many who were shocked after witnessing a barrage of hateful posts and tweets when Malala was shot and ...
Captain, Comrade, Conspirator, Citizen: Zafar Ullah Poshni’s Vow of Loyalty
It so happened that I was reading the very readable WW2 memoir of Major Ishaq Muhammad on the 6th of ...
In One Frame: The Murder, The Murderer And The Murdered
Translator’s note: Today marks the 70th anniversary of the untimely assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of ...
UK’s NCA Unfreezes Bank Accounts Of Shehbaz Sharif, Suleman Citing Lack Of Corruption Evidence: Shehzad Akbar Disputes ‘Vindication’
The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has unfrozen bank accounts belonging to former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif and his ...
How The Golden Sparrow Worked: The Economy Of The Mughal Era
The Mughals were among the most eminent rulers of the South Asian Subcontinent. They, while ruling the world’s most populous ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
PTI Decides Imran Khan Will Contest All 33 NA By-Elections
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced that it will...
Beyond Fantasy: This Historian Depicts Ottoman Power In Real Life
In Pakistan, as in much of the Muslim...