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Majid Sheikh Columns

419 columns

2003

1. May 19, 2003: Sick industries getting 'sicker' still

2005

1. January 9, 2005: Lahore Lahore Aye, Maaut Maaut Aye'

2006

1. May 6, 2006: Sarmad the Armenian and Dara Shikoh
2. May 20, 2006: This digging spree
3. June 03, 2006: The Mall and Kim
4. June 17, 2006: The rise and fall of courtesans
5. July 08, 2006: The finest gateway
6. August 12, 2006: The maharajah and education

2007

1. April 14, 2007: The man who would not be qazi

2009

1. Jun 20, 2009: Taliban expert suggests rethink of `national security` requirements

2010

1. augest 01, 2010: The way it was
2. September 5, 2010: Walled City: death of a dream
3. september 14, 2010: The curse of `Koh-i-Noor` and the secret admirer
4. October 03, 2010: Rama of Ayodhia and/or Lahore?
5. October 10, 2010: Maharajah and his chief suspect
6. October 17, 2010: Changing sociology of the walled city
7. October 31, 2010: Destruction of schools as Leitner saw them

2012

1. June 5, 2012: Childhood memories of a bookshop now in ashes
2. augest 18, 2012: The legendary Hallard and 'his' Punjab Police
3. October 30, 2012: The rage of the Sikhs sole spokesman
4. November 18, 2012: The Walled City no longer has any walls
5. November 26, 2012: Karbala and how Lahore was involved

2013

1. January 6, 2013: Endangered heritage
2. July 8, 2013: The amazing Dr. Honigberger who lived in Tehsil Bazaar
3. July 21, 2013: The story of Anarkali, indigo and the dead planters
4. Augest 12, 2013: The fabled bazaar where epics and legends abounded
5. The ‘learned’ minister and the great Dr Leitner
6. September 01, 2013: On the menu: The Mediterranean experience
7. September 1, 2013: Genius of the man from the village of Salatura
8. September 8, 2013: The legendary miniature painters of Machhihatta
9. The man from Lahore who discovered ‘zero’
10. September 22, 2013: The telling tale that was Naulakha Bagh
11. September 29, 2013: Amazing street salesmen who sell 'hope' to the poor
12. October 06, 2013: How our entire history was dumped in a horse stable
13. October 13, 2013: Hatred that simmers because elders are 'silent'
14. October 20, 2013: Do we really want to save our ancient Walled City?
15. October 27, 2013: harking back : Painful decline of Lahore's residential quarters
16. November 03, 2013: Of honour in combat and the Great Gama
17. November 10, 2013: Heroes of their ages: Hanuman and Ekalavya
18. November 17, 2013: The mysterious genius who was a double-agent
19. November 20, 2013: STM: One year on and the fight continues
20. November 24, 2013: Reflecting on a world we are fast losing
21. December 01, 2013: harking back : harking back : Lahore's oldest Mughal monument stands alone
22. December 08, 2013: First English newspaper preceded the British
23. December 15, 2013: harking back : Searching for clues as to why we first imploded
24. December 17, 2013: The man who could help revive old Lahore
25. Jayapala, the ‘bull’ and the ‘horseman’
26. December 29, 2013: The sacred river that has forsaken Lahore

2014

1. January 5, 2014: How last Hindu ruler of Lahore went away
2. January 19, 2014: Amazing spiral of killings in the freedom fight
3. January 24, 2014: Metrobus: mobility and sensibility
4. February 2, 2014: An ancient world below the oldest 'mohallah'
5. February 7, 2014: Basant banished & banned
6. February 9, 2014: Lal Haveli and the courtesan of past
7. February 16, 2014: For centuries they still walk to Sain Pir
8. February 23, 2014: 2,500 years of Lahore's literary gatherings
9. March 2, 2014: Power mix of funds & brains
10. March 17, 2014: Khans and the 'Kasuri' factor
11. New ‘concept’ hotel with ample linkages
12. March 24, 2014: The amazing things discovered at the Shahi Hammam
13. March 30, 2014: Footprints: Entombed in decay
14. March 30, 2014: Walking through the changing face of Taxali
15. April 6, 2014: harking back : Painful decline of Lahore's residential quarters
16. April 13, 2014: HARKING BACK: Final destruction of the historical Minto Park
17. April 13, 2014: REVIEW: The Resourceful Fakirs by Fakir Syed Aijazuddin
18. April 20, 2014: harking back : Original Lahore just 15 feet away
19. harking back : Constant decay of ‘World Heritage Sites’ of Lahore
20. ‘True stories’ of life in the Walled City
21. May 11, 2014: harking back : Lahore's oldest Mughal monument stands alone
22. May 18, 2014: Temple Road and legend of Mata Kaulan
23. May 25, 2014: harking back : Timeless debate over what Mori Gate really is!
24. June 1, 2014: harking back : Ancient path to Lahore that joins it to the world
25. June 8, 2014: harking back : Myths and facts of the beginnings of Lahore
26. June 15, 2014: harking back : How Ptolemy saw Labokla 2,000 years ago
27. June 22, 2014: Harking Back: Dynamics of famines in subcontinent
28. June 28, 2014: Harking Back: Famous pirates who served Mughal Lahore
29. July 6, 2014: harking back : Action in Lahore that saved the Empire
30. Harking Back: Lahore’s ‘pandit’ families of Dar, Kaul and Nehru
31. July 20, 2014: harking back: Why Abdali got such a huge Zamzama made?
32. July 27, 2014: harking back : George who almost captured Lahore
33. August 2, 2014: Carbon-dating throws back the age of Lahore
34. harking back: Origin of the folk songs ‘Nanni Apo’ sang
35. August 10, 2014: Harking Back: Is it possible Jain Mandir might be rebuilt?
36. August 17, 2014: Harking Back: Cost of ignoring a man like Mashriqi
37. August 24, 2014: Harking back: Sharing memories of a 'paradise' lost forever
38. September 7, 2014: HARKING BACK: When heavens open up, Walled City remains dry
39. September 14, 2014: HARKING BACK: Sootar Mandi and the tale of Gungoo Shah
40. September 21, 2014: HARKING BACK: Without walls, the old city now has 21 gateways
41. September 28, 2014: HARKING BACK: Local history and sociology that sends a shiver through us
42. October 5, 2014: HARKING BACK: Even walls take on a new meaning if you care enough
43. October 13, 2014: HARKING BACK: Why cartridges, 'chapattis' and feudals are linked
44. October 19, 2014: HARKING BACK: The case of the mysterious 'sea chest'
45. October 26, 2014: HARKING BACK: Getting to grips with celebrating Basant
46. November 2, 2014: HARKING BACK: Changing world of eunuchs, call girls and pickpockets
47. November 9, 2014: Harking Back: Best change in Lahore will come from within
48. November 17, 2014: Eidee, the grave-digger and the secret admirer
49. November 23, 2014: Harking Back: Research possibilities in our barren cultural space
50. November 30, 2014: HARKING BACK: Why we need to study our history from when the ices melted
51. December 7, 2014: Harking Back: Two major plans can restore Lahore to its glory of old
52. December 7, 2014: Ghadar movement remembered by international scholars
53. December 8, 2014: Ghadar, Bhagat Singh and their legacies discussed
54. December 14, 2014: HARKING BACK: Huge wall mural and mystery of the missing monuments
55. HARKING BACK : Will we lose world’s rarest archaeological record?
56. December 28, 2014: As Sheesh Mahal slowly collapses, no call for help exists

2015

1. January 4, 2015: HARKING BACK: A proud Rajput princess and her exquisite mosque
2. February 15, 2015: HARKING BACK: Man who introduced electricity to Lahore
3. February 22, 2015: HARKING BACK: 'Bosom friends' of the British Raj in Punjab
4. HARKING BACK: The mysterious tombs of ‘lion’ and ‘drinker’
5. March 08, 2015: HARKING BACK : Why 'scourge of god' ransacked Lahore every six years
6. March 15, 2015: HARKING BACK : The tomb of the Mughal prince who is not there
7. March 22, 2015: Harking Back: 'Oldest' hujra of Lahore and the mysterious Mahdi
8. ‘Horse stable archives’ and the latest promise to a gullible Lahore
9. HARKING BACK: ‘Gharis’ in the life of Akbar the Great in Lahore
10. April 5, 2015: Harking back : Shifting sands of our seats of justice, legislation
11. April 12, 2015: Harking back : Fun of getting to know our own backyard well
12. April 19, 2015: HARKING BACK: When city and river were prised apart
13. April 26, 2015: HARKING BACK: Trying to make sense of our shifting streets
14. May 3, 2015: Harking back : 'Paradise lost' and rushing for another $6m
15. May 5, 2015: Haryana discovery that promises to challenge our ancient history
16. May 10, 2015: Harking Back: New emerging landscape of old walled city
17. May 17, 2015: Harking Back: The urgent need to excavate Lahore and Sialkot
18. May 24, 2015: Amazing speed of the British after taking Lahore
19. May 27, 2015: Last rites for 'people's historian' today
20. May 31, 2015: harking back : 'Laal Khoo' and the fate of Chandu Shah
21. June 14, 2015: Harking back : Amartya Sen and his memories of a beautiful Lahore
22. June 21, 2015: HARKING BACK: How they lost the fight after winning all the battles
23. July 05, 2015: HARKING BACK: Abiding mystery of the Roshnai Gate tragedy
24. July 12, 2015: HARKING BACK: Enigma of Lahore's great manuscript collections
25. July 18, 2015: Harking back: Exquisite Naulakha Pavilion and its amazing origins
26. July 22, 2015: On the trail of tales my old man narrated
27. HARKING BACK: Baoo Rasheed: the missing ‘lascar’ from Khziri Gate
28. Aug 09, 2015: HARKING BACK: Abiding dispute over antiquity of Lahore and Ichara
29. Aug 16, 2015: HARKING BACK: Why an old city like Lahore has no ancient monuments
30. Aug 23, 2015: HARKING BACK: The forgotten Second War of Independence
31. Aug 30, 2015: Harking back: Colourful past that lives in the names of our roads
32. Sep 06, 2015: HARKING BACK: Amazing story of ice harvesting in Lahore
33. Sep 13, 2015: Harking back: The Mughal eunuch who signed away Lahore
34. Sep 20, 2015: HARKING BACK: 'White' and 'black' Jews who decided to stay back
35. Sep 26, 2015: Harking back: Tracing our heritage to the Lahore that was
36. Oct 04, 2015: HARKING BACK: HARKING BACK: Remembering holocausts small and large
37. Oct 11, 2015: Peril of ignoring the building blocks of knowledge
38. Oct 18, 2015: Harking back: Of lost walls and threat to our tile-mosaic tradition
39. Oct 24, 2015: HARKING BACK: Harking back: Story of a 'classical music' corner of old Lahore
40. Nov 08, 2015: HARKING BACK: The forgotten Second War of Independence
41. HARKING BACK: McLeod the ‘cuncator’ who served Lahore well
42. Nov 22, 2015: Harking Back: Jain temples of Lahore and the 'naked sages'
43. Harking Back: Precious ‘Majoon’ of gems that killed Ranjit Singh
44. Dec 06, 2015: Harking back: The old gypsy woman and the French botanist
45. Dec 14, 2015: HARKING BACK: The reality that masks the history of our people
46. Harking Back: Henry’s seven knights and ‘Punjab tradition’
47. Dec 27, 2015: Pausing to think of those lost in battles far and near

2016

1. January 03, 2016: Harking Back: History of Lahore's people and their amazing creations
2. January 10, 2016: Harking Back: Chance encounter with our original inhabitants
3. January 17, 2016: Mystique of the gypsy way still intrigues
4. January 24, 2016: Harking Back: Getting to know Lahore's exquisite tile mosaic
5. January 31, 2016: Harking back: Sacred grounds that are the 'killing fields' of history
6. February 04, 2016: Intizar Sahib will always be there
7. February 07, 2016: HARKING BACK: The walls of Lahore have been lost many times in the past
8. February 14, 2016: The Georgian slave who surely deserves a better tomb
9. February 21, 2016: Love Letters: a play whose simplicity stuns LLF audience
10. February 23, 2016: Prophetic words and Wazir Khan's tilting minarets
11. February 28, 2016: Twists and turns in the history of Naulakha Bazaar
12. March 06, 2016: Harking back: How this Walled City area has changed beyond the images
13. March 13, 2016: HARKING BACK: Walk around the 'once walled' city in slow painful decay
14. March 20, 2016: Spending an early morning with the masters of disguise
15. HARKING BACK: Crumbling ‘haveli’ of Lahore’s ultimate bureaucrat
16. April 03, 2016: HARKING BACK: Unique art wealth of Lahore and its Hungarian origin
17. ‘Teja’ the traitor who became Raja of Sialkot
18. April 17, 2016: Harking Back: Tracing the origins of Lahore's oldest pipal tree
19. April 24, 2016: Harking Back: Greatest exodus in human history that academics ignore
20. May 01, 2016: The curious tale of peacocks and the cursed 'haveli'
21. May 08, 2016: Harking Back: Jesuit missions to Lahore and the first wooden church
22. Harking Back: When near Delhi Gate, let your mind’s eye wander
23. May 22, 2016: Harking Back: Voices of sanity missing from Lahore's streets
24. May 29, 2016: Harking Back: Researching our original inhabitants and their language
25. June 05, 2016: HARKING BACK: Nalwa's ashes remind of a restless spirit wrestling with destiny
26. June 12, 2016: Harking Back: Alexander and why attack on Lahore was avoided
27. June 19, 2016: HARKING BACK: Of trees, herbs, crows and ants
28. June 26, 2016: HARKING BACK: Mai Moran and ever-changing face of Pappar Mandi
29. Harking Back: Reflecting on killing fields where Lahore’s best lie
30. July 06, 2016: A train for less than one per cent
31. July 17, 2016: HARKING BACK: A simple man wishing another simple man well
32. July 24, 2016: HARKING BACK: Forgotten freedom fighters who died true to their soil
33. July 31, 2016: HARKING BACK: The Marathas and the crafty 'Arain' from Sharakpur
34. Aug 07, 2016: Harking Back: Stories of a bloody beginning might yet lead to peace
35. Harking Back: It’s time to reconstruct Lahore’s lost walls
36. Aug 21, 2016: HARKING BACK: Names that stick to northern tips of Walled City
37. Aug 28, 2016: HARKING BACK: A lot of what we do and say could have Greek origins
38. Sep 04, 2016: HARKING BACK: Raja Todar Mal and his revenue collection system
39. Sep 11, 2016: HARKING BACK: Two ends of Ravi Road and how our freedom fared
40. Sep 18, 2016: HARKING BACK: Enduring legends of Lahore's first radio women
41. Harking Back: Tax collection in Ayaz’s Lahore
42. Oct 02, 2016: The 'guzar' named after great Kamboh general
43. Oct 09, 2016: HARKING BACK: 'Guzars' that made up the south of Akbar's Lahore
44. Oct 16, 2016: Harking Back: Symbolic name that preceded Bhati Gate's
45. Oct 23, 2016: HARKING BACK: The enduring water carriers of Maachi Hatta
46. Oct 30, 2016: Harking Back: Shifting sands in the Walled City's sociological mix
47. Nov 06, 2016: HARKING BACK: Saving remnants of Bangla Ayub Shah
48. Nov 13, 2016: Harking Back: Debate over the origins of Lava of Lahore
49. Nov 20, 2016: The karkhanas of Ranjit Singh's Lahore
50. Nov 27, 2016: HARKING BACK: The sole 'desi' DC of Lahore in 98 years of British rule
51. Dec 04, 2016: Harking Back: Rattigan's Sussex cottage and brougham carriage
52. Dec 11, 2016: Harking back: Enduring mystery of Chujju Bhagat's disappearance
53. Dec 20, 2016: Harking Back: How all of us have a proud place in our people's history
54. Dec 25, 2016: Harking Back: Tracing the origins of the oldest mosque of Lahore

2017

1. January 01, 2017: HARKING BACK: Abiding mystery of the pious lady and the Cypress Tomb
2. January 04, 2017: Spring festivals and why we refuse to be happy
3. January 08, 2017: HARKING BACK: 'Havelis' of Chuna Mandi and the Shabad Hazaray
4. January 15, 2017: Harking Back: Tale of 'bones in a pot', of burials and of our forefathers
5. January 22, 2017: Ancestors of the scholar-soldier of Chinnianwali mosque
6. January 29, 2017: HARKING BACK: Lessons for this age from a time we have forgotten
7. February 05, 2017: HARKING BACK: Dazzling Rani of Punjab that was Gulbahar Begum
8. HARKING BACK: Mochi Gate and the lost heritage of a ‘Speakers Corner’
9. February 19, 2017: Harking Back: An ancient conflict over waters of the Ravi
10. Libraries of Lahore and past ‘illiterate’ benefactors
11. HARKING BACK: Lahore’s ‘thugee school of industry’ and ‘kooree mars’
12. HARKING BACK: Does the ‘greatest exodus in human history’ interest us?
13. HARKING BACK: Tracing the history of world’s oldest highway
14. Harking Back: ‘Ignored century’ with lessons for today’s confusion
15. Harking Back: The free schools and the rise of ‘holy men’ to power
16. Harking Back: How ‘chapattis’ thrown from Delhi Gate scared the Raj
17. April 23, 2017: Unbelievable cruelty that befell the Lahore of 1919
18. April 30, 2017: Yaqut the habshi slave of Lahore and Razia Sultana
19. Harking Back: Punjabi ‘sadhu’ whom the Pope accepted as a saint
20. HARKING BACK: CV of a Punjabi ‘maulvi’ who taught in the Walled City
21. May 21, 2017: Harking Back: Schools of Walled City after Sikh defeat
22. HARKING BACK: Lahore’s jadoo ghar and its ultimate carnage
23. June 04, 2017: HARKING BACK: Palmyra might bounce back, but will Lahore?
24. June 11, 2017: The old dream of having Siani Maa, Siani Dhee
25. HARKING BACK: The complex story of Lahore’s three Islamia colleges
26. June 23, 2017: HARKING BACK: Mystery of the treasure trove that went missing
27. June 25, 2017: HARKING BACK:Recalling the real Nawab of Pakistani journalism
28. July 02, 2017: Eminent Harappa scholar Bridget Allchin passes away
29. Eminent Harappa scholar Bridget Allchin passes away
30. July 09, 2017: HARKING BACK: The forgotten martyrs from the land of the brave
31. July 16, 2017: HARKING BACK: Flogging and humiliation that Nila Gumbad once represented
32. July 30, 2017: HARKING BACK: Research and meagre tools of scholarship
33. HARKING BACK: The governor whom Nehru called an ‘English Mullah’
34. Myths and mysteries of Ayaz, the slave from Lahore
35. August 20, 2017: Myths and mysteries of Ayaz, the slave from Lahore
36. August 27, 2017: Harking Back: Rowlatt and the spirit of Lahore that led to freedom
37. September 10, 2017: Harking Back: Hazuri Bagh and its human and historic treasures
38. September 17, 2017: Sad end to a pioneering effort in girls education
39. HARKING BACK: Is restoring royal kitchen of fort ‘false history’?
40. October 01, 2017: Harking Back: On the trail of hiding places of Bhagat Singh
41. Harking Back: Must Lahore’s missing old walls be rebuilt?
42. October 15, 2017: HARKING BACK: Why rebuilding city walls will be profitable for all
43. The history of Lahore’s Kakayzais
44. October 29, 2017: Why a professor wept at Lal Khuh inside Mochi Gate
45. HARKING BACK: Jahangir’s missing pavilion and entombed Spaniard
46. November 12, 2017: Harking Back: In search of the origins and age of Lahore
47. Harking back: Amazing history of Lahore’s famous astrolabe makers
48. November 26, 2017: Harking Back: Sikh triumvirate and how Lahore was captured
49. Harking Back: ‘Takht-i-Lahore’ and how Ranjit Singh captured it
50. December 10, 2017: HARKING BACK: Forgotten genocide that stunned Lahore into silence
51. December 17, 2017: HARKING BACK: First four years of EIC board and Lawrence's men
52. December 24, 2017: Harking Back: Lahore's father-son duo with rare achievements
53. December 31, 2017: Spiritual connect of two villages on both sides of the divide

2018

1. January 07, 2018: Harking Back: The free spirit of Ustad Daman and Shah Hussain
2. January 07, 2018: The city of a thousand poets and writers
3. January 07, 2018: A moment of glory in the life of a journalist
4. January 07, 2018: Pride and prejudice that newspapers represent
5. January 14, 2018: Harking Back: Abdullah Malik and the geniuses of Kucha Chabakswaran
6. January 21, 2018: HARKING BACK: How Lahore's mullahs threatened the Mughal Empire
7. January 28, 2018: Harking back: When 'qazis were tosspots and muftis tipplers'
8. February 04, 2018: Dina Nath: The man who silently ruled Punjab
9. February 11, 2018: HARKING BACK: First proletarian revolution and self-rule after 744 years
10. February 13, 2018: Memories and conversations with Asma
11. February 18, 2018: HARKING BACK: The only way forward to make Lahore great again
12. March 04, 2018: Harking Back: Surely we can learn from wonders of the Moors
13. March 11, 2018: Harking Back: Mystery of the Portuguese queen and her mosque
14. March 18, 2018: HARKING BACK: 'Invisible hero' who walked through fire to save Lahore
15. March 25, 2018: Harking Back: Where is the once 'walled city' going: doom or bloom!
16. April 01, 2018: Harking Back: Tracing the houses where our national poet Iqbal lived
17. April 08, 2018: Harking Back: 'Takia' that was built to honour Amir Khusrau
18. April 15, 2018: HARKING BACK: Understanding the current mess with our history in mind
19. April 22, 2018: HARKING BACK: Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land
20. April 29, 2018: HARKING BACK: Story of a massacre that is known as the 'lesser Holocaust'
21. May 06, 2018: HARKING BACK: Royal space for 'samadhis' with a unique history
22. May 06, 2018: UK police treating Naeem Bukhari incident as 'attempted murder'
23. May 13, 2018: HARKING BACK: When Lahore had a Victoria and an omnibus service
24. May 20, 2018: Harking Back: Debate over the enigma of age of Ichhra
25. May 27, 2018: Harking Back: Khizri Gate, its harbour and fate of its lions
26. June 03, 2018: Harking Back: The destruction of Lahore and its resilience to rebuild
27. June 10, 2018: Jews, Parsis, Chinese of Lahore and Calcutta
28. June 16, 2018: HARKING BACK: Of Siddhartha and Daman and the old Lahore bookshops
29. June 24, 2018: HARKING BACK: The 'Khufia Jasoos' office that works away unseen
30. July 01, 2018: Harking Back: 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves'
31. July 08, 2018: HARKING BACK: Lahore Fort's tragic wall collapse... is there a silver lining?
32. July 15, 2018: HARKING BACK: HARKING BACK: Of Greek coins and an age when Lahore ruled Ghazni
33. July 24, 2018: Harking Back: Land where the living continue to harass the dead
34. July 29, 2018: Hungarian doctor whose caring touch lives on
35. August 06, 2018: Harking Back: Trying to time and understand what exists in old Lahore
36. August 12, 2018: Gowalmandi's tryst with old Lahore's culture
37. August 19, 2018: Greek genes and the numismatic expert from Peshawar
38. August 26, 2018: HARKING BACK: Curse of uniformity pushing out colours and odours of old Lahore
39. September 02, 2018: HARKING BACK: Roshnai Gate and its chequered history of the heads of heroes
40. September 09, 2018: Harking back: The enigma that the name of 'Mochi Gate' presents
41. September 16, 2018: Harking Back: Old maps tell us stories of past and also a way forward
42. September 23, 2018: HARKING BACK: Damaged mosque of Wazir Khan points to a deeper malaise
43. October 07, 2018: Harking Back: Ancestors of the legendary thugs and their hidden idol
44. October 14, 2018: Harking back: 'Lahore cannot be understood. It has to be felt'
45. October 21, 2018: Harking Back: 'Mai Daru de Haveli' and the mystery of its owner
46. October 28, 2018: Harking Back: Mystery of the missing grave of our 'first martyr'
47. November 04, 2018: HARKING BACK: The Bedi quest for peace in the pain of Partition
48. November 11, 2018: Harking back: It is 100 years since we lost our finest in lands foreign
49. November 25, 2018: Harking back: 'Baroodkhana' mosque, its bazaar and the 'haveli'
50. December 02, 2018: HARKING BACK: The trip to Khizri Gate that led to colonial adventures
51. December 09, 2018: Harking back: The ransacking of Lahore: as Babur and Nanak saw it
52. December 16, 2018: Harking back: Two mysterious Mughal tombs: whose graves are these really?
53. December 19, 2018: Basant means happiness and all it takes are a few precautions
54. December 23, 2018: Harking back: Slaves from Lahore and Punjab all victims still
55. December 30, 2018: Harking back: Fateful misty morning when ZAB was sentenced

2019

1. January 03, 2019: BBC Radio opens New Year with programme on life of 'Great Gama'
2. January 06, 2019: Harking Back: Basant: should it not have 'protected cultural status'?
3. January 20, 2019: Harking back: There is more to the cursed crossing where our finest hung
4. January 27, 2019: HARKING BACK: Didi and the greatest exodus we refuse to analyse
5. February 03, 2019: HARKING BACK: Silent threat to Lahore's past from 'suspect' research
6. February 10, 2019: HARKING BACK: From the Mughal 'Shah Nahr' to Lahore canal
7. February 17, 2019: HARKING BACK: Fateful route of a great Guru as he walked to his death
8. April 02, 2019: The fate of the house that Ruchi Ram Sahni built
9. April 07, 2019: Harking Back: Deciphering the mystery of the 'Nau-Gaza' grave
10. April 14, 2019: HARKING BACK: Barefoot fakir, spy, deserter and archaeologist
11. April 21, 2019: Harking Back: As traders advance, original dwellers virtually eliminated
12. May 05, 2019: HARKING BACK: Mohallahs, galis, kuchas, katras an ongoing history
13. May 07, 2019: Transport plan for Lahore and puzzled bureaucrats
14. May 13, 2019: Harking back: Faint traces of Lahore that was once a Jain city
15. May 19, 2019: HARKING BACK: The fateful twists to Lahore's classical music tradition
16. May 26, 2019: HARKING BACK: Mystique of a tunnel from Lahore to Gobindgarh Fort
17. June 02, 2019: HARKING BACK: Third oldest zoo in the world that its people ignore
18. June 09, 2019: HARKING BACK: The lost Lahori who found his ancestor's 'roots'
19. June 15, 2019: HARKING BACK: Legendary DIG Lonsdale Niblett passes away
20. June 17, 2019: HARKING BACK: The ancient decays in Lahore's old walled city
21. June 23, 2019: HARKING BACK: Exquisite haveli with bloody tales of treachery
22. June 30, 2019: HARKING BACK: Ancient river trade that led to Lahore's unique position
23. July 07, 2019: HARKING BACK: Why Akbar made Lahore capital of Mughal India
24. July 14, 2019: HARKING BACK: Long trek through a dilapidating old city of migrants
25. July 26, 2019: Harking back: Bradlaugh, Bhagat and the evil side of commerce
26. July 29, 2019: Harking back: The Bhati garbage dump and Sheesh Mahal's roof welt
27. Aug 04, 2019: Harking back: Of Mai Phaggan and Lahore's old Walled City lifestyle
28. Aug 15, 2019: Harking back: Lahore, Nehru, Abdullah and the freedom movement
29. Aug 18, 2019: Harking back: Grand house that Giovanni Battista Ventura built
30. Aug 25, 2019: Harking back: Of the Jatakas, Lord Buddha, pigeons and crows
31. Sep 9, 2019: HARKING BACK: The forgotten Baron of the Punjab
32. Sep 10, 2019: HARKING BACK: The flogging of the Ravian spirit needs to be ended
33. Sep 16, 2019: HARKING BACK: Are the lessons of a 100 years still relevant?
34. Sep 29, 2019: Real task at hand for the Punjab Archives
35. Sep 30, 2019: HARKING BACK: Jinnah's wish and Sikh-era schools of old Lahore
36. Oct 06, 2019: HARKING BACK: Old pastimes that are common the world over
37. Oct 17, 2019: HARKING BACK: In search of ancestors strange mysteries unveiled
38. Oct 20, 2019: HARKING BACK: Master bureaucrat who codified what the poor earned
39. Oct 30, 2019: HARKING BACK: Lahore's Muslim traders and Ranjit Singh victory
40. Nov 03, 2019: HARKING BACK: How the economic plan of Khalsa Raj worked 'wonders'
41. Nov 18, 2019: HARKING BACK: The tale of the 'other' Iqbal of Sialkot
42. Dec 02, 2019: The mystic and Sufi behind the rise and rise of Bulleh Shah
43. Dec 08, 2019: Harking Back: The missing magic of Lahore's famed 'Jaddo Ghar'
44. Dec 09, 2019: Why Lord ZIM is not dead .... his spirit continues
45. Dec 16, 2019: Harking Back: Lahore and the ancient art of distillation
46. Dec 22, 2019: Harking Back: The ancient tussle between prophets and priests
47. Dec 29, 2019: Harking Back: Lahore, Irish Anglo-Indians and our common plight

2020

1. January 05, 2020: Harking Back: Lahore,s literary giant and the Guru Granth Sahib
2. January 12, 2020: Lahore,s genius diplomat, physician and master linguist
3. January 19, 2020: Harking Back: Akbar and the first Jesuit missions to Lahore court
4. January 26, 2020: Harking Back: Mughal era ships built at Lahore,s Khizri "darwaza"
5. February 02, 2020: Harking Back: Lahore's first polo ground and how it changed over time
6. February 09, 2020: Harking Back: Punjab's political genius who kept Jinnah at bay
7. February 15, 2020: How can the colour of Basant return to a safe Lahore?
8. February 16, 2020: Harking Back: Iqbal and mud from the graves of Rumi and Ataturk
9. March 01, 2020: Harking back: Rare jades and temple of Rattan Chand 'dhariwala'
10. March 08, 2020: Harking Back: Chihl Bibian and the largest Zuljanah of South Asia
11. March 08, 2020: Harking Back: Chihl Bibian and the largest Zuljanah of South Asia
12. March 15, 2020: Harking back: The exquisite 'fasting Buddha' and its lasting spell
13. March 22, 2020: Harking back: Mystery of the Rajput empress Mariam Zamani
14. March 29, 2020: Harking Back: Once the 'Pride of Lahore' - now a classy carcass
15. Apr 26, 2020: Harking Back: Kashyap and Lahore's amazing botanical heritage
16. May 03, 2020: Harking Back: Rang Mahal Haveli and how it became a missionary school
17. May 17, 2020: Harking back: Last dynasty before invaders came 1,000 years ago
18. May 27, 2020: Harking Back: Ancient 'serais' and their evolving role in Lahore's history
19. June 28, 2020: harking back: Rise and fall of Lahore's rulers and the role of traders
20. Jul 05, 2020: HARKING BACK: When eyes of the world were on Lohari's 'Nilli Gali'
21. Jul 19, 2020: Harking back: Nepal and India both claim Ram as Lahore looks on
22. Jul 26, 2020: Harking back: 'Riverfront' plan might see money flow, not water
23. Aug 01, 2020: Harking Back: Master intriguer and the last Mughal governor of Lahore
24. Aug 09, 2020: Harking Back: If you love Basant, every year fly out to Orange County
25. Aug 16, 2020: Harking Back: Old city hammams, Erzurum bath and cut-throat razors
26. Aug 23, 2020: Harking back: Ancient walled city without walls needs urgent help
27. Aug 30, 2020: Harking back: Classic 'daftars' of historian Lala Sohan Lal Suri
28. Sep 06, 2020: Harking back: Our women are master strategists in their own right
29. Sep 13, 2020: Harking Back: Afghan ruler and fatal trail of a cursed diamond
30. Sep 20, 2020: Harking back: Finest treasures hidden away by disinterested rulers
31. Sep 27, 2020: Harking back: Tollinton Market: The Mall's oldest colonial structure
32. Oct 04, 2020: Harking Back: A small step to honour 'forgotten' heroes of our city
33. Oct 11, 2020: Harking back: Colonial communal complex reflected in name changing
34. Oct 18, 2020: Harking back: Mehr Latif Arain and tale of Bagh Munshi Ladha
35. Nov 01, 2020: Harking back: Reality of Mori Gate and Lahore's stinking moat
36. Nov 08, 2020: Harking Back: The lost green playing fields of a sporting Lahore
37. Nov 22, 2020: Harking Back: Lahore's forgotten massacres as 1857 unfolded
38. Nov 29, 2020: Harking Back: British and the birth of Lahore's exclusive clubs
39. Nov 30, 2020: Harking Back: The amazing Syeda Bibi: What a true Lahori really is!
40. Dec 14, 2020: How Muslims and Lahore got Sunehri Mosque back from the Sikhs
41. Dec 14, 2020: Harking back: How the Muslims got 'golden' mosque back
42. Dec 20, 2020: Harking Back: Decline of literacy and the demise of 'ana' libraries
43. Dec 27, 2020: Harking Back: Lahore Master Plan 2050: clever bureaucrats rule