Along The Grand Trunk Road
These be the joys of the Grand Trunk Road; A cheery heart and an easy load; The sun by day and the stars by night; And the blaze of the evening firelight;
ExploreThe Ancient Lahore; City of Hearts
from the destined walls Of Cambalu, seat of Cathaian Can, And Samarchand by Oxus, Temir’s throne To Pacquin, of Sinæan kings, and thence To Agra and Lahor of Great Mogul
ExploreService Dress; Tales from Army
Dear father, when you’re standing over my grave, old and tired and childless and lonely, and you see them lowering me into the dirt
then, father, ask for forgiveness from me.
وہ یار ہے جو خوشبو کی طرح؛ ہو جسکی زباں اردو کی طرح
کہیں کچھ دور سے کانوں میں پڑتی ہے اگر اردو؛ تو لگتا ہے کہ دن جاڑوں کے ہیں کھڑکی کھلی ہے، دھوپ اندر آ رہی ہے؛ کبھی کہیں سفر کرتے اگر کوئی مسافر شعر پڑھ دے میرؔ، غالبؔ کا؛ وہ چاہے اجنبی ہو، یہی لگتا ہے وہ میرے وطن کا ہے
خوش آمدیدTales From The (British) Raj
First comes one Englishman, as a traveler or for shikar; then come two and make a map; then comes an army and takes the country. Therefore it is better to kill the first Englishman.
ExploreOf Sufis, Sants and Folklore
A Saint in a borrowed mausoleum; The ballad of Vishnu and Prahlada; Mirza and his Sahiban from Sandal Bar; Guru’s Penance on Tilla Jogiyan; Kasur’s Chad Yaar; and more stories …
Explore1UP/2DN Khyber Mail; Railway Romance
For solace and relief I flee
To Bradshaw or the ABC
And find the best of recreations
In studying the names of stations.
The Salt Range; On The Plateau
The First Victoria Cross; A Scottish Cannon in Dulmial; Our 9th Warrior from Pind Malkan; The 7th Janbaz from Mohra Hayat
and other tales from Potohar
ONroute; Chasing True North
From the sandy beaches of Lake Huron and rocky cliffs of Georgian Bay in the north to the ghost of Grand Trunk down south, these are the tales from Ontario, Canada, my present home.
ExploreScouting the Frontier; Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Here dead lie because we did not choose,
To live and shame the land from which we sprung;
Life, to be sure is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is, and we were young
Saragarhi and other stories…
Shagri-La; Himalayas & Karakoram
Allah Rakhi of Khaplu, Aat’shi of Kachura and the lively banker from Skardu
and other tales from this land of rocky cathedrals that has my heart …
Along The Shoreline; Mehran & Makran
The land of my origins; The Ordeal of Marvi and Maroos of Malir; Phoney Graves of Aghor and more.
There are more stories that need to be told and I ought to write …