Unaware of threats to democracy, the farmers of Sahianwala continue to till the land with devotion, leaving their hands soiled and bodies tanned.
Published11 Mar, 2013 03:14pm
Bhagwan Pura and Anand Pura also have their namesake on the other side of the border. Bhagwan and Anand, however, are long gone from either side.
Published04 Mar, 2013 03:48pm
"Those were the days when festivities were neither Muslim nor Hindu and people departed from each other with a simple rab rakha."
Published25 Feb, 2013 02:07pm
People from neighboring sleepy towns arrive in Lahore with larger-than-life ambitions but are scared to death after sensing the impetus of life.
Published04 Feb, 2013 10:05am
It was strange that Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs had individually saved their religions, but human beings collectively had destroyed humanity.
Published22 Jan, 2013 02:12pm
Hazaras believed that this side of Alamdar road was the delineation of security. That they could exist here in peace, but this boundary existed in their minds only.
Published11 Jan, 2013 12:25pm
As Muridke disappears the ambience of Shahdara starts picking up, when trains reach Shahdara, the railway station has a story to tell, a story I grew up listening to.
Published07 Jan, 2013 02:42pm
Writing about this little Hazara boy was a tough decision. Will it endanger his life? Will he be the focus of social media as an agent of extra regional forces as of Malala?
Published29 Dec, 2012 05:17pm
Men who hated change and denounced happiness ruled the lives and due to the inherent threats of suicide bombings, Eimenabad passes through April without Vaisakhi.
Published24 Dec, 2012 04:24pm
Without the mention of Bao Train – a reference to the formally dressed students and office workers who took this train, Gujranwala remains an incomplete story.
Published17 Dec, 2012 05:41pm
The life and times of Amrita Pritam were, at best, a continuum of rebellion. She stood against anything that was established and followed unquestionably.
Published10 Dec, 2012 07:09pm
There is a grave in a Christian cemetery in Lahore. Every Christmas, Shab-barat, Good Friday and Eid, this grave is visited and wreaths are laid.
Published03 Dec, 2012 12:54pm
The Robin hood of Punjab, Jagga stood as a symbol of local resistance to British imperialism, writes Muhammad Hassan Miraj.
Published26 Nov, 2012 12:55pm
The ticket counter at Chak Amru, the last railway station on the Pakistani side, has been cemented as if the states have given up on any future relations.
Published19 Nov, 2012 12:21pm
A pigeon flew from nowhere and fell into the fire to become Satti and it started to rain. The skies also seemed to be mourning.
Published09 Nov, 2012 02:34pm