The London Curry Scene In The 1930s
Curries had started appearing on the menus of London restaurants since 1773. In the early nineteenth century, community centers for ...
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Last Of The Indian Civil Service (ICS)
The Indian Civil Service (ICS) was a fascinating institution with distinct values and beliefs. It came into existence under the ...
Born To Be Brave – Col Siddiq Raja’s Journey From African Battlefields To The Rawalpindi Conspiracy
Lt Col Mohammad Mohyuddin Siddique Raja MC (Bar) belonged to the village of Dhok Qazian, which lies within the Salt ...
Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis: If Death’s Imminence Does Not End Racism, What Will?
German philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche writes, “Everyone wants to be pre-eminent in this future – and yet death and the stillness ...
Cycle Of Failure: Why Is Pakistan Unable To Fulfill Its Economic Potential?
For many in Pakistan, there is one reason for the country’s perennial laggardness – corruption. These Pakistanis blame the cupidity ...
Actors Speak Out As Mumbai Police Arrest 21-Year-Old Suspect For ‘Bulli Bai’ App Targeting Muslim Women
As Delhi and Mumbai police have begun investigations into the content found on the app "Bulli Bai" after complaints about ...
Gladly Becoming The Other: The Oddities Of Self-Orientalism
In his hugely influential book Orientalism (1978), Edward Said — a founder of ‘post-colonial studies’ — demonstrated how the West ...
Playing The Fiddle While Dhaka Burned: How We Ended Up With A Leftover Pakistan
16th of December 1971: General AAK Niazi receives a telegram from President Yahya Khan which reads: "You have fought a ...
While Bollywood Toes The Hindu Nationalist Line, South Indian Cinema Takes Up The Real Issues
India’s versatile Bollywood industry has not only entertained people but has also worked as a powerful medium to broadcast social ...
History, The Historian’s Craft And South Asian History: A Study Plan
The story to prepare this study plan goes like this: after having worked in the development sector – designing, managing, ...
Tales Of Three Calligraphers from Jaipur, Benaras and Sandila
Jaipur and Benaras have been invariably accredited as seats of scholarship. Both princely states afforded refuge to the calligraphers, poets, ...
Is The Armed Conflict In Jammu & Kashmir An Enabling Factor For Climate Change?
In the first week of November 2021, the COP26 gathers in Glasgow to tighten the loose ends of the Paris ...
Indian Submarine Prevented From Entering Pakistani Waters By Navy: ISPR
An Indian Navy submarine was prevented from entering Pakistani waters last Saturday by the Pakistan Navy, according to the Inter ...
Uninvited Guests: How Indian Prisoners Of War Lived In Italian Prison Camps During The Second World War
My interest in the Indian Prisoners of War (PoWs) held captive in Italy during the Second World War was aroused ...
A Pakistani Prisoner Who Died At Indian Interrogation Centre In January Is Finally Buried
The body of a 38-year-old Pakistani man named Imran Kamran, who reportedly died as a prisoner in Indian custody this ...
A Number Of Indian Media Outlets Under Fire For Broadcasting Fake Combat Footage Of Pakistani Aircraft
Some Indian media outlets have come under sharp criticism once again for their reporting on recent fighting around the Panjshir ...
Chandni Begum: A Resonant Portrait of Muslim North India
In 1947, as the British left the Indian Subcontinent, having divided it into two countries, many Indians and Pakistanis couldn’t ...
Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Family Says Authorities Broke Down Door To Snatch Body
Journalist and editor Fahad Shah, writing for The Kashmir Walla, has described in detail the last moments of veteran Kashmiri ...
Indian Funding Stopped, TTP In Disarray: Fawad Chaudhry
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has expressed the view that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is currently in a state ...
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U-turn: PTI Deviates From Its Stance On Phone Tapping By Intelligence Agencies
Taking another U-turn, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has...
Actor Saad Qureshi Becomes Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan Learning Festival
The star of the hit television serial 'Benaam'...