Tales from the British Raj
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On a mid-winter noon of 1849, at this battlefield, Sikhs took on the army of East India Company and wreaked havoc, with an utter disregard to safety .and precaution.
A short story from Minchinabad
The ruins of an ancient haveli in Padhana, at Pakistan - India borders have some tales to unfold...
An obscured village in Faisalabad. The hidden marvels of engineering, agricultural wonders and a person who when gave in charity, gave like saints.
A Tale of Three Cities
جنگِ آزادی 1857 کے گمنام شہید، 26 نیٹِو بنگال انفنٹری کے وہ سپاہی جو لاہور کی میاں میر چھاؤنی سے فرار کے بعد اجنالہ میں ڈپٹی کمشنر کوُپر کی بربریت کا شکار ہوگئے۔
کوہانوں والے تین ٹیڑھے تیروں کی کتھا
from the North-West Frontier of erstwhile British Empire, on the borders of tribal land, a story of a last stand, literally last man - last round
The mysterious Mughal courtesan. Our heroine of city legend, Anarkali of Lahore
احمد خان شہید ہویا، خلقت نوں تَلِیوں لگی چوٹیوں نکلی اے مار بھڑکارے
فقیر آہندا اے: میں اوہنوں انکھی نہیں سمجھدا، جیہڑا احمد خان دا دُکھ وسارے
کوٹ لکھپت کا ویٹنگ روم
اور ایک بھولی بسری آرام کرسی
ریلوے رومان
تیرا چہرہ پھر اگر میں دیکھ لوں بس ایک بار . شکر کرتے کرتے باقی زندگی کو دوں گزار
A Poppy in Potohar
Kotri, River Indus and a firangee poetess with a love song ...
Meeting a martyr from the war of independence in 1857. Meeting the Kharal chief in his native Jhamra. Stretching a few miles up ahead to Syyedwala.
فرنٹیئر سکاؤٹس، پختون ولی اور سروِکئی کا کیپٹن بورنگ
Exploring the secrets, the artistry, the emotions. Embracing the architecture, embracing something beyond architecture.
The idea of scaling The Mall Road on foot might sound absurd, one crazy thought and it was for the inherent insanity of the idea that we fell for it.
کوٹری میں سندھو کنارے سمے کے بندھن سے باہر پیر دھرتے اڈیلا کوری اور مانی کی کہانی
Memoirs from Thal, a travel across Waziristan, and the tales from The Frontier Scouts; a force d’élite...
From the Scottish Highlands to Mainland Punjab following the essence of freedom. The tale from 1857 War of Independence in West Punjab. The tale of an epic encounter: Kharal vs Berkley
Rooplo Kohli and the freedom fighters of Karoonjhar hills, and the towering pedestal of George Booth Tyrwhitt
A Scottish Cannon in Potohar Plateau
'This Will Kill That'
Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, the North-West frontier of Pakistan, is a region of legendary romance on the pages of history, a significant chapter of which are the days of the Sub-Continent under British Raj. My stroll at the Tehkal Christian Cemetery was inspired by the urge to claim my share from the aura of Victorian romance at Peshawar.