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By the banks of the Ravi

When you travel across the plains of Punjab, the first thing to strike you is the heterogeneity of the region. In popular imagination, Punjab is about great plains, green fields, and a network of rivers and canals all around. That’s there, but there is lots more.....

The Shrine of defiant love

SHE lies alone in stoic white granite, covered in red and orange traditional bandhinis, bequests of lovers who come to dress her as Mahiwal’s bride once their love conquers all. Even as graves, Sohni and Mahiwal are apart — some say it is for reasons ...

Tongue-tied : The politics of Language

The language question has always spawned activism and antagonism in Pakistan in, perhaps, equal measures. On one end of the spectrum, there are parties which accord primary importance to ethnic identity and language as building blocks for political representation. ...

Kanwar Sandhu is taking Punjabi Television....

Kanwar Sandhu is a bold, brilliant and hands on senior journalist of Northern India. His ancestors hailed from an agricultural family with army background from Lahore division of Central Punjab. His village “Bhakna” is situated on the Amritsar – Lahore section of the .. ....

Urs of Hazrat Baba Budhu Shah today

Annual Urs of Hazrat Baba Budhu Shah Abdal and Sain Ghulam Muhammad is being celebrated today (March 31) at Pleer Sharif near Dadial, Azad Kashmir. People, from far and near, attend the festival with great enthusiasm. Pleer Sharif is situated in the area ...

'Walking in Chandni Chowk felt like walking...

Fifty-three students and two faculty members from Lahore University of Management Sciences arrived in India via the Wagah border on Monday As Ahsan watched the India-Australia World Cup match on a stranger’s phone on the Delhi Metro, the 20-year-old Pakistani....

From India to Pakistan: 'We're not so different'

“I found that the way Pakistanis hold conversation is very polite and there is a distinct sense of respect or tehzeeb in their conversation,” said Anupama Joshi, a teacher from Dehradun, India while describing her interaction with Pakistanis while visiting the country ...

Pakistanis seem to love Indians.....

“Aap India se hai? Are you Indian? That makes you our guest. We can’t take any money from you!”It was my fourth and last day in Islamabad, and this reaction from a handicrafts shop salesman didn’t surprise me anymore. I’d been getting it from the first day, .....

I'll support any cultural activity between......

In a tiny room at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) in Karachi, Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt was ready to tell all. Mahesh Bhatt is in town with his daughter, Pooja Bhatt, who herself is an actor and producer, in order to stage an adaptation of his film...

Mika Singh for easy visas to improve ties

LAHORE: Indian singer, song writer and composer Mika Singh has said Pakistan is a peaceful country and he is enjoying his trip.“I am fortunate that people in both India and Pakistan are my fan and love me,” he told a press conference at Faletti’s Hotel on Saturday. Singh, who ...