Manto in his masterpiece “Thanda Gosht (Cold Flesh)” makes us meet a fictional character Ishar Singh who, during the partition violence, on the other side of Punjab, abducts a Muslim girl and tries to rape her. The girl, already dead, was but ‘cold flesh’. This affected Ishar Singh psychologically so much that he lost his […]
Gulbaz Mushtaq
The lost temples of Islamabad – I
The city of Islamabad stretches between shrines of Golra and Bari Imam. Years ago, when the area was not yet baptized, it was home to dozens of scattered villages between temples of Golra, Saidpur and Rawal. In those days local Gakhar, Rajput and Malhiar tribes resided in these villages. The present day Islamabad and its […]