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A historiographical account of Mughal India

Z ahiruddin Muhammad Babur could not have known that the Mughal dynasty that he founded in India would come to be seen as a symbol of the Muslim or Islamic power in South Asia. In retrospect,.........

NON-FICTION: RE-READING GURU NANAK

Following the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, the nascent states of India and Pakistan busied themselves with writing each other out of their national histories. Punjab was carved up and, in one of the largest .. ...

People to people reality and myth-2

The greatest block on the way to normal, friendly and cooperative relations between India and Pakistan is the rise to ascendancy of religious extremists on both sides...

Blood diamonds

Ambrin Hayat traces the fate of the Darya-e-Nur and the violent means by which it changed hands.....

Allah Ditta Lonay Wala — a prolific folk singer

Allah Ditta Loney Wala was born in a village Loney Wala near Chiniot in Punjab in 1957. His father’s name was Mian Santa Khan who had three sons, Santa being the eldest. Allah Ditta’s . ...

The fault in our origins

InA key feature of the book is its analysis of religious difference. The most revealing example is the discussion on the ‘demon with ruby eyes’ — a medium of mediation between sacral .....

Khwaja Khizr: The saint.....

On a warm morning this March, I was passing under the heavy iron vaults (arches) of the Lansdowne Bridge, in a small jeep over the Indus River in Rohri, Sindh. The spring sun had ...