Hira Mandi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hira Mandi write by Claudine Le Tourneur d'Ison. This book was released on 2012-10-18. Hira Mandi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Very few French writers have ventured to write on the social, religious, political and cultural issues of Pakistani society, but Claudine is an exception. She is one of those writers who not only made frequent visits to Pakistan but also watched some very sensitive prevailing issues from a close angle. Her fine sensibilities and eye for detail is a hallmark of her writing skills which also makes her an accomplished writer. In Hira Mandi her strong pen has beautifully succeeded in capturing the true identity of the society. Hira Mandi is a remarkable piece where Claudine has rolled out a tale that would make the readers spellbound. Hira Mandi sounds a forbidden subject for many who are familiar with the name as it is an area located in the walled city of Lahore which in its hey days was notoriously known as pleasure seekers' paradise but Claudine's expressions, portrayal of feelings and glaring social dichotomies are unparallel. Jaffer Bilgrami Television Journalist, Islamabad (Pakistan)
The Dancing Girls of Lahore
The Dancing Girls of Lahore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dancing Girls of Lahore write by Louise Brown. This book was released on 2009-10-13. The Dancing Girls of Lahore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An unforgettable and compassionate look at the lives of the residents of Lahore’s pleasure district The Dancing Girls of Lahore inhabit the Diamond District in the shadow of a great mosque. The 21st century goes on outside the walls, this ancient quarter, but scarcely registers within. Though their trade can be described with accuracy as prostitution, the dancing girls have an illustrious history: beloved by sultans, their sophisticated art encompassed the best of Mughal culture. The modern day Bollywood aesthetic, with its love of gaudy spectacle, music, and dance, is their distant legacy. But the life of the pampered courtesan is not the one now being lived by Maha and her three girls. What they do is forbidden by Islam, though tolerated; but they are, unclean, and Maha’s daughters, like her, are born into the business and will not leave it. Sociologist Louise Brown spent four years in the most intimate study of the family life of one Lahori courtesan. Beautifully understated, it turns a novelist’s eye on a true story that beggars the imagination. Maha, at fourteen a classically trained dancer of exquisite grace, had her virginity sold to the Sultan of Dubai; when her own daughter Nena comes of age and Maha cannot bring in the money she once did, she faces a terrible decision as the agents of the Sultan come calling once more.
Report of the Committee Appointed in the Government of India to Investigate the Disturbances in the Punjab, Etc
Report of the Committee Appointed in the Government of India to Investigate the Disturbances in the Punjab, Etc - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Report of the Committee Appointed in the Government of India to Investigate the Disturbances in the Punjab, Etc write by India. Committee on Disturbances in Bombay, Delhi, and the Punjab. This book was released on 1920. Report of the Committee Appointed in the Government of India to Investigate the Disturbances in the Punjab, Etc available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Dozakhnama
Dozakhnama - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dozakhnama write by Rabisankar Bal. This book was released on 2012-12-28. Dozakhnama available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dozakhnama: Conversations in Hell is an extraordinary novel, a biography of Manto and Ghalib and a history of Indian culture rolled into one. Exhumed from dust, Manto’s unpublished novel surfaces in Lucknow. Is it real or is it a fake? In this dastan, Manto and Ghalib converse, entwining their lives in shared dreams. The result is an intellectual journey that takes us into the people and events that shape us as a culture. As one writer describes it, ‘I discovered Rabisankar Bal like a torch in the darkness of the history of this subcontinent. This is the real story of two centuries of our own country.’ Rabisankar Bal’s audacious novel, told by reflections in a mirror and forged in the fires of hell, is both an oral tale and a shield against oblivion. An echo of distant screams. Inscribed by the devil’s quill, Dozakhnama is an outstanding performance of subterranean memory.
Taboo!
Taboo! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Taboo! write by Fouzia Saeed. This book was released on 2015-08-12. Taboo! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Taboo! is a journey of discovery into a famous red light district of Lahore, Pakistan, known as Shahi Mohalla, the Royal Bazaar, or Heera Mandi, the market of diamonds. The phenomenon of prostitution coupled with music and dance performances has ancient roots in South Asia. Regardless of the stigma attached to the prostitution, it has given birth for centuries to many well-known performing artists. The book captures a more realistic picture of the phenomenon through the stories of the people living there: the musicians, the prostitutes and their pimps, managers and customers. These people are struggling to make a living by following ancient traditions, yet not knowing clearly where they fit in the larger picture of present day society. Taboo! helps eradicate a blind spot in our understanding of the power relations associated with gender roles throughout our society.
