Capturing Kalash Culture
Centuries old Kelash indigenous culture is at a greater risk today than any time in the past. Despite their remote location – landlocked in winters – last of the Kelash race is maintaining tenacious hold in district Chitral but is vulnerable to ravages of time and different pressures with external locus. The onslaughts are clearly [...]
Karachi History
Harbour city Karachi is famous as “land of opportunities” in Pakistan. During my period of initial orientation – tea used to be served for four annas per quarter cup then – and continuous visits later; I have found Karachi is constantly reinventing itself. It is a land of superlatives: Pakistan’s biggest and one of the [...]
Basant(Vasanta)in Pakistan
In the pre-partitioned Western Punjab, especially Lahore–locals celebrated the Basant festival by flying kites. Muslims of Punjab celebrated the Basant although it was considered as a local (non Islamic folk) festival. It was mainly Muslims that participated in kite flying as an event. At the time of partition in 1947, population of Lahore city was [...]
Sindh Cultural
Culture is everything! It is the very essence of symbolic dimensions of any community or place. It is the social legacy that is acquired and implemented in the lifestyle of people. The values and beliefs, social organization, behavior and the environment are all encased under the terminology “Culture”. The history and culture of Sindh have [...]
