The Punjabi festival, Lohri, marks the end of winter and the start of the harvest season. Read more about the festivities!

Some customs and traditions related to aerial firing, or celebratory gunfire in Pakistan.

Some Urdu poetry which took centre stage during the Pakistan Movement, as a form of resistance against the British Raj.

A brief textual history and some folklore associated with the classic, Kalilah Wa Dimna.

An exploration of how and why Farsi was systematically erased from the collective memory of South Asia.

Jashan-e-Mefung, the Winter Solstice Festival of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

Shab-e-Yalda, the Persian Winter Solstice Festival.

Gwati-i-Laeb: A Cultural and Spiritual Practice in Balochistan, Pakistan.

The history and gameplay of Ganjifa, an Indo-Persian card game.

Date and Dwarf Palm Weaving in Balochistan.

The etymology, history, and practice of Nazarbandi.

Book Review | From Volva to Ganga

Book Review | The Book of Travels by Hannah Diyab - one of the most interesting additions to the textual history of Hazaar Raatein.

Al Razi's Book of Stones | Occult Properties of Gemstones in Islamic Tradition

A Brief History of Britain’s Great Mogul Playing Cards

Neevin Masjid, a Lodhi-era underground Mosque in the Old City of Lahore.

Kalapani | Hell on Earth, a Gulag run by the British Raj on the Andaman Islands

Onions in Hakeemi (Traditional Medicine)

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna (The Desire for Revolt) | Poetry and Resistance

Urdu has been very heavily influenced by Farsi. Learn five Persian phrases we still use in Urdu.