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Lata Mangeshkar — the living legend Part XXV

This conflict finally led to his destruction and the most talented of them all had to sit at home doing nothing with the mediocrity prevailing years thereafter. Lata Mangeshkar is known to have compromised on many talented ones when she was at her peak. Despite all that, Sajjad....

Lahore broke my heart

Author Reema Abbasi spoke to Raza Rumi about her travels across the country while researching for ‘Historic Temples in Pakistan’. Some excerpts from the conversation.For the last 10 years my reporting, columns and editorials concentrated on socio-political issues ...

6 surprises that greet a Pakistani in India

When you cross the Wagha Border, you are struck by so many similarities in the two countries that you may need Google map to confirm your current location.
Also read: 7 things that make a Pakistani feel at home in India However, ...

Earth worms

God knows what part of night it was, when her eyes opened involuntarily. However, the brain was under deep slumber, but it did not take long to make contact with eyes. When the contact got established, she felt the crawling of earthworms on different parts of her body. They had started ....

Sehwan: The undisputed throne of Lal Shahbaz

Farooq Soomro, the man behind 'The Karachi Walla' and 'Overheard in Karachi' explores the mysteries and wonders of places in Pakistan which fall off the beaten path.
Sehwan can be the perfect weekend getaway for a . ...

Out of the East came a man

Mujahid Kamran’s biography of Dr. Abdus Salam is a welcome supplement to literature on the most internationally admired Pakistani of the 20th century. Review by Kabir Babar There exists in popular culture a stereotype about the mad scientist and his approach to life, often,...

Females are invading the male bastions

Hitherto the females were supposed to perform mostly glamorous and delicate roles sitting in the studios of Punjabi television companies in America. They were doing light intellectual desk jobs or sitting in front of video cameras hosting talk shows or were busy ...

‘Message of Sufism should be circulated

KARACHI: Special Assistant to CM Sindh for Culture and Tourism Sharmila Faruqi said that Sindh is an institution of Sufism.Sufism pleaded for peace, solidarity and fraternity among all nations, communities and individuals and respect to all the people of the world.....

Romancing the Punjabt

In his debut novel Natiq draws on his poetic prose and deep intimacy with the land and people of Punjab to craft a compelling tale of enmity, revenge, social mobility, opportunism, past glory and lost grandeur. Review by Osama Siddique...

When Jews found refuge in an unlikely place:

Instead of fleeing 1930s Europe to British-controlled Palestine like many other Jews, the Kahan family moved to Lahore on a whim. From left, Hazel Kahan, her mother Kate, and her brother Michael, in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1948.Photo by Hazel Kahan / The Forward ...