Bangkok Airways office, Sakura Tower.

مرکز شہر رنگون میں سکورا ٹاور میں بینکاک اءیرویز کا دفتر۔ جہاز کی ریزرویشن تبدیل کروای گءی تا کہ اسی صبح بینکاک پہنچا جاءے جس روز بینکاک سے کراچی روانہ ہونا تھا۔

And the happy seller.

A happy necklace shopper.

Shoppers at the Indus Heritage Day.

Workforce behind the Indus Heritage Day program.

Professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer being interviewed by Naima Zahid of WBT-TV.

Dance performance at the Indus Heritage Day.

Dr. J. Mark Kenoyer

Ashok Malani as an Indus Valley king.

Faiz asked God to erase today’s sorrows with tomorrow’s sweet hopes. آءیے عرض گزاریں کہ نگار ہستی زہر امروز میں شیرینی فردا بھر دے Can today’s animosity be erased by yesterday’s sweetness? Yes, it might. If the Indus Heritage Day picks up momentum and gradually becomes an annual commemorative event in the three big South Asian sates (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), people may come to realization that their bond from past is much stronger than today’s superficial differences. Indus Heritage Day--a program to discuss and understand the Indus Valley Civilization-- arranged on Sunday, April 29, was organized by The 1947 Archive, the India Community Center, and the Pakistani American Cultural Center. Well-known film director Saqib Mausoof’s documentary film “In Search of Meluhha” was screened at the program. [Outside Indus Valley, contemporary civilizations knew the Indus Valley Civilization as ‘Meluhha.’] Dr. J Mark Kenoyer, an expert on the Indus Valley Civilization, gave the keynote speech.

Saadat Hasan Manto’s life and work were discussed in a program arranged by the Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) on Saturday, April 28, at Chandni Restaurant in Newark. Dr. Agha Saeed is the chief organizer of PADF’s literary events. Program on Manto was emceed by Dr. Ashraf Chaudhary; Ms. Sabahat Rafiq Sherwani, Dr. Ashraf Chaudhary, Dr. Abdul Jabbar, and Dr. Melanie Tanielian read scholarly papers on Manto and his writings.

Morning comes to Yangon, view from Hotel Yuzana.

یوزنا ہوٹل سے رنگون کا منظر

होटल यूज्ना से रंगून का मंज़र.

Pansoora Badora neighborhood, for all things Desi--such as lassi, in downtown Yangon.

रंगून बर्मा में पंसूरा बडोरा की लस्सी बोहत मशहूर है.

The road outside Bahadur Shah Zafar dargah.

रंगून बर्मा में आखरी मुग़ल बादशाह बहादुर शाह ज़फर का मजार, समाधी.

Bahadur Shah Zafar dargah entrance.

रंगून बर्मा में आखरी मुग़ल बादशाह बहादुर शाह ज़फर का मजार, समाधी.

Who did what for the king, after he died.

रंगून बर्मा में आखरी मुग़ल बादशाह बहादुर शाह ज़फर का मजार, समाधी.

View of Bahadur Shah Zafar's alleged actual grave.

रंगून बर्मा में आखरी मुग़ल बादशाह बहादुर शाह ज़फर का मजार, समाधी.

Photos of prominent visitors at Bahadur Shah Zafar's dargah۔

Bahadur Shah Zafar's dargah is gradually becoming a museum, as researchers like Amresh Mishra (Misra) and William Dalrymple dig out more details of Zafar's era.

Bahadur Shah Zafar dargah, looking at the entrance.

रंगून बर्मा में आखरी मुग़ल बादशाह बहादुर शाह ज़फर का मजार, समाधी.

Bahadur Shah Zafar dargah is not very old.

रंगून बर्मा में आखरी मुग़ल बादशाह बहादुर शाह ज़फर का मजार, समाधी.

Zeenat Mahal and Zafar's granddaughter.

British-identified Bahadur Shah Zafar grave; Zeenat Mahal on his right.

Yet another view of Bahadur Shah Zafar's alleged actual grave.

Another view of Bahadur Shah Zafar's alleged actual grave.

Supposedly the place (within the dargah) where Bahadur Shah Zafar is actually buried. And then there is a set of three graves inside a hall--one of Zafar (British identified that as the last Mughal's grave), the second of his wife, and the third of his granddaughter.