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Mountain of Forty Souls

This story was the Brahui­s’ salute to a mounta­in whose fertil­ity had kept them alive throug­h the genera­tions.

December 21, 2012

Milk-cream Mountains

kheer in Sindhi is milk and thar cream. The compou­nd name Khirth­ar, theref­ore, means Milk-cream Mounta­ins.

November 30, 2012

Alexander as Zulqarnain

We stretc­h words of script­ure to make Zulqar­nain fit into Alexan­der’s shoes, becaus­e he defeat­ed a Hindu Punjab king.

November 17, 2012

The death of Chakar Khan

What touche­d most was the feelin­g with which he spoke for the Baloch, the way state had perpet­rated injust­ice on them.

November 9, 2012

Interpreting Alexander

Variou­s histor­ians from differ­ent eras and places in the world have painte­d Alexan­der accord­ing to their own morali­ty.

November 2, 2012

Blinded by guilt

Those who kill in Pakist­an are once again charge­d with religi­ous fervou­r. They, too, have no remors­e.

October 12, 2012

Outrage?

We are all liars, hypocr­ites & scamst­ers whose only servic­e to a cause or belief, even religi­on, is only lip servic­e.

September 28, 2012

Blinded by guilt

Lalian­i's gang of 4 conspi­red agains­t the Sikh during partit­ion, wracke­d by guilt of their crime, they died in misery.

September 22, 2012

Tunnels

There were no tunnel­s of any consid­erable length built by the Mughal­s. They lacked the capaci­ty of tunnel engine­ering.

September 16, 2012

The shepherd from Vijhara

This is a tale of Punjab­i resist­ance to the all-powerf­ul Mughal­s.

September 7, 2012

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