Majid Sheikh

Yesterday (Saturday) the amazing Ajoka Theatre of Lahore staged a reading of a translation of the play ‘Porus’ ... Published 21 Feb, 2021 07:02am

Once upon a time in the late Vedic period, as the epic Rigveda (book 7:83-4-8) tells us, there were dense forests... Published 14 Feb, 2021 06:53am

Just how should our historic sites ‘experts’ proceed with the three basic Unesco steps of treating... Published 07 Feb, 2021 07:47am

Last Monday the once ‘legendary’ Punjab police issued a press release that after five years of constant “below... Published 31 Jan, 2021 07:04am

Many moons ago I had the pleasure of leaving with Syed Babar Ali from his Bazaar Hakeeman house in his car. As we... Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:43am

Just how old is Lahore? This is a question that boggles not only the minds of its dwellers, as well as those who ... Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:54am

Many scholars and ‘pen-pusher’ think that the Sikh era started in 1799 with the arrival of Ranjit Singh of the... Published 10 Jan, 2021 09:10am

We will always remember 2020 as the year Covid struck. With a number of vaccines on the horizon it seems better ... Published 03 Jan, 2021 07:29am

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has announced formation of a ‘master plan,’ titled Lahore 2050. After a... Published 27 Dec, 2020 07:04am

The other morning as I scanned on the internet for the usual five or six newspapers every morning, a very ... Published 20 Dec, 2020 06:56am

"Maharajah had decided it was the religious duty of Sikhs in the area to get up early morning to awaken all Muslims for prayers." Published 14 Dec, 2020 02:10pm

Few historic monuments in the Walled City have as colourful a history as the one at the corner of the junction where... Published 14 Dec, 2020 06:59am

And so it was that Syeda Begum returned to her father’s house in Kucha Chabakswaran, inside Mochi Gate, a widow at... Published 30 Nov, 2020 07:42am

Lahore has a long history of exclusive clubs, whose probable origin lies in the literary ‘bhatik’ tradition of... Published 29 Nov, 2020 06:53am

Have you ever considered just how over a three-month period the British rulers of Lahore massacred almost 5,650... Published 22 Nov, 2020 07:20am

Even till the late 1960s two major activities made up life inside the old walled city. Women borrowed and read books... Published 08 Nov, 2020 07:32am

One of the popular myths about ancient Lahore’s old city is that all the garbage and waste water was thrown in the... Published 01 Nov, 2020 07:25am

As we remember different areas and people of Lahore, we tend to forget the relatively poorer areas today that were... Published 18 Oct, 2020 07:12am

The story of Lahore in the colonial period, in my view, is a most ignored period. It is almost as if we have a... Published 11 Oct, 2020 07:00am

Often the question does prop up in the mind ‘just how much has Lahore changed over the last 70 years?’. Then... Published 04 Oct, 2020 08:12am