Majid Sheikh Columns

413 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