SURVEY: South Asian countries not too happy, survey finds

SAJA Forum has this interesting post: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan ranked 64th, 68th and 81st in the latest World Values Survey published by the…

Mystical expressionism and Jamali’s art

Jamali is a contemporary artist of Pakistani origin. It was a delight to have discovered his artistic vision. Mystical expressionism is a new mode…

The electric, worrisome and meandering Long March in Pakistan

NYT report on Long March highlights the electrifying atmosphere in Islamabad yesterday: The crowd, including an unusual number of women for this Muslim country,…

The myriad voices of Pakistani blogosphere

My first post at Global Voices “Pakistan’s growing blogosphere presents a kaleidoscope of the complex, contradictory developments within the country. The country is in…

Watering the the Indus Valley

Published in telegraph.co.uk – Last Updated: 12:01am – BST – 17/05/2008 Peter Parker reviews Empires of the Indus: the Story of a River by…

Sufi Qawwali – Mehr Ali and Sher Ali

Sadiq has written a wonderful post here – I am cross posting it here. Couple of nights back (24, April, 08) came an unanticipated…

Pakistan Suicide Bombings: The narratives of terror

An overwhelming majority of Pakistan’s population finds itself hostage to narratives of ‘terror’ that are either alien to its ethos or are constructed by…

Pakistan’s media: the opinion industry

On the flourishing ‘column’ industry despite the slow growth of readership’ What is so peculiar about the Pakistani media opinion factories churning out problems…

Indo-Pak Sindhi writers meet in New Delhi

By Prem Chand Sahajwala SINDHI IS one of the many Indic languages and it has gone through many phases of ups and downs in…

On Bhagat Singh, His Vision And Jinnah’s Support For His Struggle

In his incisive speech to the Constituent Assembly on September 12 and 14, 1929, Jinnah harshly condemned the criminal colonial rule and the Government's…

Lahore blasts and the Jihad industry

My city Lahore was attacked yet again by the pusillanimous attackers pretending to be brave and honourable. There is no justification and no excuse…

Mehrgarh – Pakistan’s glorious, ancient past

Found a well researched article on Mehrgarh Mehrgarh is the centre of the first known developed place of civilization in its advanced form in…

Pakistanis have rejected extremism

The election results notwithstanding the irregularities and fears of rigging, are pretty straightforward. They undo the paradigm of ousting the two mainstream parties from…

Direct flight from Delhi to Islamabad

Times of India 16 Feb 2008, NEW DELHI: Four years after the peace process started between India and Pakistan, the two countries are set…

Buddha, the Taliban and Pakistan-

I have been working on this composition for quite a while. I was angered, rather revolted by what the Taliban were doing in the…

A voice for peace from the other side

My friend Sidhusaaheb across the border wrote these poignant lines some months ago – just discovered these musings in my files: A little less…

Internet love, Cricket and more masala

Pakistan cricket captain’s ‘net marriage fraud’ By Robyn Powell and agencies Pakistan’s cricket captain has accused the family of an Indian girl of trying…

“Partition: Surgery without Anaesthesia”

Titled “Partition: Surgery without Anaesthesia”, the book, a compilation of 31 individual accounts including from noted writer and columnist Khushwant Singh and artist Satish…

Lahore Nama – A new blogspace devoted to the magical city

I have been rather casually posting news, stories and comments on Lahore’s heritage and its current status on Lahore Nama. While blogging here I…

A tale of love and death

by Tanvir Ahmad Khan The terrors of the living need not trouble you, Bibi, any more. You overcame all misgivings, calumnies and flaws inherent…
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