Lahore by Heart
I don’t ever leave Delhi, without saying goodbye to Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. This time, after the dargah visit we went to the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, a few yards away from my flat. My son Arman Ali, cook Sabir and... All the joy in my language
On July 12, 1972, Polish Poet and Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz sent a letter — the only letter he ever produced in Russian to his recently exiled, to be fellow Nobel Laureate, Russian Poet Joseph Brodsky. In the letter Milosz ... The one-room shop in an old building
The story began in Mian Chambers, 3 – Temple Road, Lahore in February 1998, when I was searching for books by Najm Hosain Syed. From Vanguard Books to the old book stalls on the footpaths of Anarkali,,...Fight for India Sikh homeland
As retailer Sukhdeep Singh visits the Golden Temple in northern India, Sikhism's holiest shrine, he laments the bloodbath 30 years ago that catapulted his religion into controversy.. ....Lahore again after 40 years
The old Lahore was a much more civilised place. The population was smaller, the difference between the rich and poor was not so obscenely obvious. There was more sympathy ...The price of partition
M S Gill, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and a member of the Rajiah Sabah experienced much that was different and a lot that was the same on this side of the Punjab,...Ajoka’s run
Ajoka Theatre has for the last three decades, tirelessly and earnestly struggled to promote the message of social justice, highlighting pressing issues hounding our society. What began as a passion project ...Melody Queen Noor Jehan — Part I
Cool breeze had started blowing in the gas lamps on roads of Kasur city but streets and habitats were dark. It was a night of September 21, 1926. Those were the days when people retired early for bed. In a small house in..... Melody Queen Noor Jehan — Part II
It was Minu Kartak production. The cast was Violet Cooper, Munni Bai, Baba Ibrahim and Shirazi. In this movie, Noor Jehan played Cooper’s child role. Among the Cooper sisters, Spanish Cooper was most good. ...Melody Queen Noor Jehan — Part III
Noor Jehan was an exception. Ninety percent of her songs were classical based but the treatment given by Master Ghulam Haider to Noor Jehan’s voice was that of light music. Still her popularity was limited to Punjab.. ...