Showcasing a great loophole in the promises of Pakistan government regarding the upkeep of Hindu temples and other sites of religious importance, there lies the dilapidated Shri Varun Dev Mandir in Manora, Pakistan. The temple’s caretaker’s repeated request to the concerned authorities for preserving this 1000-year-old temple of great historical temples have fallen to deaf ears. According to caretaker Jivraj, he had written to the Manora Cantonment Board (MCB) for […]

India’s Robin Hood Army, a group of volunteers who head out in green t-shirts every Sunday to distribute food, clothes and blankets among the homeless across seven cities in the country, has chosen the day of the India-Pakistan World Cup match to spread its wings in the rival country. “I keep reminding my Indian counterparts that even the Robin Hood Army is rooting for green! But on a serious note, […]

Paris of the East of yore — Karachi, commercial capital of Pakistan –, was primarily a Hindu controlled city prior to the 1947 Partition Holocaust. The city roads were not only swept but was washed each morning by the municipality, my parents, now deceased, used to tell me. Arts and culture flourished in the peaceful city. My late mom fondly remembered a great Hindu dancer Vishnu Jagdesh. She was a […]