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Connection with three millennium BC – A Short Story

A piece of fiction that narrates the story of archaeologist Sir John Marshall’s grandson Peter, who traveled a long way from London and breathed his last in Karachi before visiting Mohenjo-Daro, the site of Great Indus Civilization On one cool evening in London, barrister Mazhar Kazi received a phone call from Dr. Imdad Ali, his

Modern Technology, Labs, Human Resources Needed for Research on Indus Civilization

National, International Archaeologists and Anthropologists present papers at a conference titled ‘Indus Valley Civilization: An Unfinished Agenda’ Karachi, Sindh The national and international archaeologists and anthropologists have underlined the need of modern technology, laboratories and the human resources for conducting

The Chronicles of Silence: An Interview with Dr. Hamida Khuhro, a renowned historian – Part-X

There is no doubt that Bhutto was a great leader, and he was Sindhi. He popularized the role of common men in politics – Dr. Hamida Khuhro [Translator’s note: This is a translation of renowned historian Dr. Hamida Khuhro’s comprehensive interview, originally published in the Sindhi magazine Nao Niapo, Karachi in May,

Remembering Pakistani Poet Fahmida Riaz, Who Feared Fanaticism Everywhere

For Fahmida, personal freedom and Constitutional democracy were inherently intertwined with the idea of justice On a sultry Karachi afternoon in 2017, at the iconic Beach Luxury Hotel where I was speaking at a Literature Festival, I spotted Fahmida Riaz in a wheelchair. Making my way through the crowds, I rushed to her and offered my

Hindi and Urdu: A language divided, or a shared history destroyed?

Krisha Hirani reflects on the linguistic and sociopolitical histories of Hindi and Urdu after a chance encounter in Tesco. I was in Tesco last week, looking at the tomatoes. A man to my right commented on the ripeness of the peppers. I made a good-humored reply – the tomatoes weren’t pakka hua either. He told me my Urdu was