Portrait of Lahore: ‘City’s landscape benefitted from colonial legacy’
Scholars presented their papers on culture, cultural expression, art and architecture of Lahore.
LAHORE:
Lahore’s urban landscape is better than Tehran because of planning practices set in place by the British colonisers, Dr Taraneh Yalda said on Saturday.
She was presenting a paper titled ‘From Lahore to Tehran: a tale of two cities’ at the second day of an international conference titled ‘Portrait of Lahore- the Capital City of the Punjab’, organised by the Trust for History, Art and Architecture of Pakistan (THAAP).
As many as 12 speakers presented their papers in four sessions over the span of the second day.
Priyaleen Singh highlighted the need for studying cities from the standpoint of shared experiences of their residents and their day-to-day activities, and not just from spatial models and theories. Singh recounted her experience as a student at Islamia College in Lahore. She said she had attended several poetry recitals at the college. She said she had lucid memories of the city from late 1930s up to the Partition.
Dr Balvinder Singh compared the walled cities of Amritsar and Lahore. He highlighted several similarities between the two and was full of anecdotes.
Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed in his paper ‘Lahore is Always in our Heart’ talked about the affection that various generations of Lahoris felt for the city.
“People tend to romanticise their cities if they ever have to leave against their will,” Ahmed said.
This, he said, had been the case with most Lahoris as well who, wherever they had to settle, remained Lahoris at heart.
Dr Amna Jahangir presented a paper titled ‘Architecture Diplomacies of the British Raj’.
Bobby Singh’s paper on ‘Legacy of Sikhs’ highlighted the history of Sikhs and Europeans who had been employed in Lahore. He also talked about development’s in architecture, arts and culture of the city during the rule of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.
Mansoor Ahmed mapped out a timeline of Lollywood.
Thaap, a not-for-profit private trust, was established in 2006 to explore, strengthen and promote the rich culture, arts and architecture of the country, in light of a people-centric understanding of its history.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 13th, 2011.
Lahore’s urban landscape is better than Tehran because of planning practices set in place by the British colonisers, Dr Taraneh Yalda said on Saturday.
She was presenting a paper titled ‘From Lahore to Tehran: a tale of two cities’ at the second day of an international conference titled ‘Portrait of Lahore- the Capital City of the Punjab’, organised by the Trust for History, Art and Architecture of Pakistan (THAAP).
As many as 12 speakers presented their papers in four sessions over the span of the second day.
Priyaleen Singh highlighted the need for studying cities from the standpoint of shared experiences of their residents and their day-to-day activities, and not just from spatial models and theories. Singh recounted her experience as a student at Islamia College in Lahore. She said she had attended several poetry recitals at the college. She said she had lucid memories of the city from late 1930s up to the Partition.
Dr Balvinder Singh compared the walled cities of Amritsar and Lahore. He highlighted several similarities between the two and was full of anecdotes.
Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed in his paper ‘Lahore is Always in our Heart’ talked about the affection that various generations of Lahoris felt for the city.
“People tend to romanticise their cities if they ever have to leave against their will,” Ahmed said.
This, he said, had been the case with most Lahoris as well who, wherever they had to settle, remained Lahoris at heart.
Dr Amna Jahangir presented a paper titled ‘Architecture Diplomacies of the British Raj’.
Bobby Singh’s paper on ‘Legacy of Sikhs’ highlighted the history of Sikhs and Europeans who had been employed in Lahore. He also talked about development’s in architecture, arts and culture of the city during the rule of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.
Mansoor Ahmed mapped out a timeline of Lollywood.
Thaap, a not-for-profit private trust, was established in 2006 to explore, strengthen and promote the rich culture, arts and architecture of the country, in light of a people-centric understanding of its history.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 13th, 2011.