Temple run: Searching for the lost Guru Mandar
'Guru' is a Hindi word; it means 'teacher'. But the mainstreaming of the word is due more to Sikhism, wherein the religious leader…
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Bhit Shah: After the dhamaal
The most popular time to visit the shrine of the sufi saint and poet Shah Abdul Lateef Bhitai (1689-1752) is during the annual Urs…
Basant under an empty sky
As I walk under the pale blue sky today, the pre-spring breeze resounds with the distant clatters of a Basant from my childhood. A…
The fault(s) in our 11
You know the nation is skeptical when the loss of an opening batsman through an unfortunate injury is met by overwhelming cheers a…
Students fight back: 'How we're not letting terrorism win'
When the Army Public School tragedyunfoldedon the December 16 last year, us students were in the middle of our midterm examination…
A game-changer for the Pakistani public
The Metro bus projects in Lahore and Rawalpindi have been criticised by politicians and the news media. Some question their high c…
Is Imran Khan politically doomed?
Imran Khan was hospitalised after falling down from the stage in a rally in Lahore, just days before the polling on May 11, 2013. …
World Cup: Don't lose (all) hope in our Pakistani Shaheens
With our front-line bowlers out of the series and a batting lineup that is perpetually shaky, our chances of winning this World Cu…
View from the Indian stands: 'Sensing' a Pakistan win
On the 15th of Feb 2015, India and Pakistan will lock horns again in a World Cup match. Had the match been scheduled a day before …
Finding Rumi in Turkey
When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men. This is the epitaph at the tomb of Jalal-ud-Di…
