1930-1939

Burns Garden Karachi

Burns Garden Karachi

"After the merciless grind of a rough day," wrote the Sindhi writer and nationalist Ibrahim Joyo (1915-2017) in his short story In the Name of Allah, "how soothing it is to feel the balmy breeze in Karachi's Burns Gardens, especially on a fresh

(Late) Sukhdeo

(Late) Sukhdeo

Sukhdeo (Sukhdev) was born as the son of Ram Lal in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad in Pakistan).

Sukhdev (1907 - 1931) was a very popular revolutionary in India's freedom struggle.

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak

The Bengali writer Nirad Chaudhuri (1897-1999) described the Eid celebrations in his birthplace of Kishorganj, Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh: "Since the Id moves backwards round the year it had no particular association with season and weather as had

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