Imagining The Ancient: Hariyupiya That Could Have Been Harappa
Imagining the past is no mean feat. Especially if it is the remote past. Even more so if it is ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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Fatalism And Hope Hang Heavy In The Air As South Asia Battles Nature’s Fury
There is little that Jehangir Malik and Jose Dominic, two enterprising men running their hospitality ventures, could have in common. ...
Documenting Sacred Pakistan: Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro’s Book On Sindh’s Sufi Heritage
The Pakistani cultural heritage is known to be very diverse, and its essential elements are folk legacies and tangible symbols. ...
Is The State Repeating The Same Old Mistakes In Swat?
After much resistance by the concerned quarters and many subdued murmurs of people, it has been endorsed that the banned ...
The Road To Gilgit And Beyond
In the previous article in this series, the journey from Babusar Top to Gilgit was recounted. This part of the ...
A Tale Of Two Valleys: The Kunhar And The Indus
In the previous part of this travelogue, our drive from Naran to Lulusar Lake and upto the Triple Point ahead ...
People In Ovir Lisht Valley Live In Constant Fear Of Glacial Floods
The most scenic valley of Ovir Lisht, Chitral, is always in dangerous of a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) event. ...
Sojourn Along The Line Of Control
There was once a beautiful lake called Karewa Lake. After a tectonic shift in the Earth’s crust, Karewa lake birthed ...
History’s First Recorded Strike By Workers
Labour strikes in the modern era are traced back to the 19th-century struggles for an 8-hour workday. However, the history ...
Bringing Education To A Troubled Post-Conflict Zone – A Teacher’s Perspective
“Those lacking in vision should not join a teaching job. An educator, in fact, is the agent of change in ...
The Disappearing Tradition Of Gandaos In The Kalash Valley
The tradition of making wooden funerary statues of the ancestors, locally called a gandao, still continues in the three valleys ...
A Sukkur Travel Guide: 20 Spots Of Historical And Cultural Significance Around The City
Sukkur is my beautiful hometown, and I am deeply in love with it. The city is situated on the right ...
What’s In A Name: The Strange Process By Which The Subcontinent’s Two Large Countries Came To Be Known As India And Pakistan
In August 1947, British India was partitioned into the dominions of India and Pakistan. The western half of Pakistan comprised ...
What I Learned From Village Historians About The Religious History And Heritage Of Tangir
My several years of fieldwork from 2000 to 2020 in Darel and Tangir in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan have revealed ...
Ancient Megaliths Of The Yasin Valley
I have been visiting the megaliths of Yasin valley and other megalithic sites in Ghizer district since 2000 to discuss ...
Art Exhibition In Chicago Explores Enigma Of Lost Indo-Pak Heritage
“The Sindhu Project: An Enigma of Roots,” that first appeared in Chicago on June 17, is being lifted from the ...
Traditional Social Institutions of Tangir: Some Ethnographic Notes
I recall my first visit to the Tangir valley in the Diamer district in 2000. Before Tangir, I had visited ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
9th Review Talks: ‘Govt Will Soon Enter An Agreement With IMF’
Talks with the International Monetary Fund have entered...
Christian Girl In Karachi Suffers Acid Attack For Rejecting Muslim Boy’s Advances
A young Christian healthcare worker in Karachi, Sunita...