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Mubarak Ali Columns
139 columns
Past present: The first Muslims of India
Past present: The wall of separation
Past present: Independence for whom?
Past present: Alexander, the great?
Past present: Folly of the Kings
Past present: Hegemons and hypocrisy
Past present: True or false?
Past present: Tales of terror
Past present: Laying down the law
Past present: The law of resistance
Past present: Decline and fall
Past present: Classical conditioning
Past present: Guerilla intellect
Past present: Battling demons
Past present: All talk
Past present: A deadly consciousness
Past present: The margins of history
Past present: Don’t romanticise the Raj
Past present: The cost of progress
Past Present: Wanted: Agents of change
Past present: Knowledge at par
Past present: The rise of Russia
Past present: Acts of valour?
Past present: Gods of war
Past present: Behind enemy lines
Past present: Soldiers of fortune
Past present: Cultural carnage
Past present: The spoils of war
Past present: Gods of war
Past present: Fear cuts deeper than swords
Past present: ‘Just’ war
Past present: The triumph of intellect
Past present: In the realm of gold
Past present: Changing perspectives
Past present: Signs for those who observe
Past present: Heaven on earth
Past present: Captive hearts, captive minds
Past present: Building bridges
Past present: As the Romans do
Past present: Identity crises
Past present: The mass effect
Past Present: The politics of intellect
Past present: Historians and heritage
Past present: The other side of the story
Past present: Calling all intellectuals
Past present: Missing ingredients
Past present: End of feudalism
Past present: Cry freedom
Past present: Different strokes
Past present: When matters get verse
Past present: One nation under God
Past present: Conquest of paradise
Role reversal
Past present: Mind over matter
Past present: Can’t be choosers
Past present: The dishonoured dead
Past present: Deeply regret to inform you …
Past present: Bound and gagged
When democracy fails
The age of the sage
Guilt and redemption
The spirit of the small town
Past present: The new imperialism
Violent chapters
Red tape
Political violence
Past present: State of violence
Twist and shout
What Confucius taught us
Past present: Turncoats and traitors
Past present: In a material world
Past present: Exchanges of value
Past present: The culture of work
Work is worship
To protect, serve and sell out
Death and taxes
Past present: The high cost of hatred
Past present: Unholy wars
Past present: To each his own
Past present: Mum’s the word
Past present: Trial by ordeal
Past present: Pragmatic politics
Past present: Understanding Aurangzeb
Past present: Dead language
Past Present: Digging deep
Past Present: The lost art
Past Present: Dara’s makeover
Past present: The exodus of Sindhi Hindus
Past present: On good terms
Past present: Bow to the king
Past present: Refined argumentation
Power play
The decision to die
Past present: The urban sprawl
Past present: Housing heritage
Past present: Man-made landscape
Past present: Myths and lies
Past present: Sans history
Past present: Undelivered goods
Faith vs knowledge
Past present: Historical heritage
Past present: Imperial intent
Past present: Changing perspectives
Empires of food
Past present: We are all connected
Past present: The lost art of conversation
Past present: Patrons of art
Past present: Tyranny of majority
Divided by faith
Past present: Understanding the truth
Past present: Lies and half-truths
Past present: Just one side of the story
Past present: The grand old man
Past present: Voice of the common man
Pastpresent: History she wrote
Past present: Poet of the people
Past present: Images of reconstruction
Past present: Reconstructing the past
Past present: A historical travesty
Past present: Knowledge is power
Past present: The historiography of early Islam
Past present: In quest of the truth
Past present: Writing on history
Pastpresent: How research interests of Muslim historians changed over time
Past Present: Legends and myths
Past Present: Seeing history through the prism of religion
Why Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq are vilified in Pakistan’s political discourse