A DAUGHTER REMEMBERS HER FATHER
HOLDS AMRITA’S MOTHER RESPONSIBLE FOR SLANDER

AGNOSTIC YES BUT A MAN OF PRINCIPLES

We receive mail and comments from all over the world. We like that. Juliet Egan daughter of DR Victor Egan has written to us from Lucknow about her father. She say that he was absolutely innocent of the murder of Amrita Sher Gil, and the mother of Amrita was responsible for this slander. In all fairness, this is too complicated for simple decisions and affirmations. All this happened a long time ago, but the fact is that Amrita did die all of a sudden, after reputed eating of certain things. DR Egan was indeed a very talented chemist and had access to chemicals on his very own. What judg’ment can we pass? It is not for us to blame anyone. We just repeated what was common knowledge then.

A daughter of DR Egan writes:

“Victor, my father, was an extremely strong person both mentally and physically. He did not have any belief in God or religion, and was of the opinion that if there was an Almighty, and He was fair and just, then humanity would be judged on deeds rather than how many times a prayer had been repeated or a holy shrine visited. (Very right indeed)
He was extremely impatient with those who fussed about trivial aches and pains and always made light of his own problems. He was known, trusted and accepted for his gruff bedside manner and no nonsense attitude, because he was an exceptional doctor. “Egan’s don’t cry!” was a phrase I grew up with and often heard when I was blubbering about something inconsequential.”

Indeed a man of character and not only well respected but loved by others. But what happens when your wife traverses a journey to put you to utter shame. Do you break down or do you like to extract revenge? It is indeed strange that Amrita Sher Gil lived in Lahore in a flat very near that of Khushwant Singh and he had stories to relate about her, including her unexpected visit to his bath room, unannounced. This is not read stuff, this is narrated stuff by others. And the most intriguing stuff is her relation with Jawaharlal Nehru. It is reputed that she used to visit him at Falettis Hotel, Lahore. The politician who is reputed to have seduced the wife of the Governor General, could do anything with his prowess’s. Even a rare picture exists of them.

So nothing really can be said. It is said that Umrao Singh wrote a letter to DR Victor Egan, apologizing for the slander being committed by his wife. History judges itself.

THE LIGHTENING OF BURAQ FOR PAKISTAN
CARRYING PAKISTANI IDEOLOGY FOR PROTECTION

No more whimpers being tolerated

The stuff of dreams has happened. The ninth country in the world to develop DRONES on their own. For aggression, no. To defend the geography and integrity of Pakistan at all costs. Once the traditional Buraq carried the revered Prophet (PBUH) to the Heavens. This Buraq will carrying the Ideology of the Prophet into unmanned lands.

Suddenly a number of countries in the world are taking interest in buying our arms and ammunition products. Whatever the Bayghairat media may say, the reality is that Pakistan is considered as a stronghold of Islam as well as that of the Modern World. We are not fallible like other Muslim countries, by infighting here. Our corrupt politicians are trying their best to engender civil war here. Every time it fails, for these people have the capacity to think out the truth.

Whatever others may say, no one really forgets that the Army of Pakistan is an Islamic Army, and eventually we are the Umbrella of the Muslim World. The enemies should never forget that!

NO ONE LIKE OUR MUHAMMED ALI JINNAH
CHARACTER FLAWED PERSONS TRYING TO FIND FLAWS IN HIM

Spit on the Moon and your own face is slighted

The hypocrisy of the British Government in trying to eulogize Mahatma Gandhi just for gaining access to Indian markets and to make money. David Cameron trying to outdo William Churchill himself. Churchill used to ridicule Gandhi, now the ideas of the icon of Britain is being ridiculed by Cameron himself. Remember it as this so called educated Prime Minister who insisted that it was okay to ridicule the feelings of other ways of life by doing whatever one can. Here the preposterous venom of the French Cartoons.

So much hate material on Pakistan,Islam and our culture. No one sees that but only finds fault with our Ideology. Just Google the hate material. Not only trying to undo our Prophet (PBUH) the greatest man produced by mankind, but Jinnah as well. Trying to prove Jinnah was this and Jinnah was that. You stupid imbeciles, just lust for money is making you ridicule our icon. Spit on your face on and on.

‘No one like Jinnah. A man of character, handsome man, who evolved with time. But one thing about him was that he was INCORRUPTIBLE, and that is marked contrast with the abundant of corrupt people today. Most of these so called juvenile misgots, who are trying to undermine Jinnah for personal gains. Shameless behavior. As a famous person calls them BAYGHAIRAT BIRGADE.

With time either a person goes down, or goes up in the esteem of everyone. The stuff of legends, Quaid e Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah is our saviour forever. All the time character flaws in the life of Mahatma Gandhi comes up in light, and even the international media masks those flaws. The Government of India paid a preposterous sum to buy the personal letters between Gandhi and his so called Jewish lover. Books repeat the so called hidden stories of his preferences. He is accused of incest multiple times. But this the media or the Bayghairats can forgo, and a man of impeccable character, they are trying their level best to bring down. Spit on the Moon. You know the results!

SLAVES, SERVANTS AND PANSIES OF FOREIGN LOBBIES
BOMBARDING THE MEDIA WITH ANTI-PAKISTANI SENTIMENTS

THE PUBLIC IS FAR REMOVED FROM THIS WRITTEN WORDS SHELLING

The Anti-Pakistani foreign lobbies feel very secure in buying out a handful of journalists in an attempt to sway Pakistan from our existence. To kill us by removing the Ideology from our hearts and then tackling our geography in full swing. This very puerile crowd continues to talk about HATE MATERIAL in our culture, and forget the abundance of such material in books being published abroad. Even the Internet is full of repugnant imagery to our Ideology. The greatest man on Earth, Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) is attempted to be riddled out of our hearts. Obviously they feel very successful by offering the slaves, servants and pansies, minor things like Visas, scholarships, and visits. They offer dinners like Pakistan has been hungry all their lives. What foolish behaviour? These are supposed to be educated and civilized people? Merely barbarians wanting to exploit the world, and Islam stands in the way of human exploitation. That is Allah’s way.

The vision of Dr Allama Iqbal swept the Nation. Without Quaid-e-Azam Pakistan would never have been made. And certainly without the Pakistani Army, Pakistan would have been history long ago. A system was created in which each part of the Army was merged into a unit, and the unit consolidated itself with Islamic Ideals. A unit of Geography to try the Islamic system and to show the world what a rejuvenated Islam meant for the world. Three times Army took power in their hands and saved the country. More progress was made in these regimes than the farce of democracy which enriched the most corrupt people in Pakistan. Their total mistake was to rely on the same worn out democratic representative that brought shame to the country more than once. This system is not collapsing, it has collapsed long ago. Quaid e Azam hated the Western Democratic system and signaled his repulsion for same. He was writing a constitution based on the French Presidential system and it was mostly written, when it disappeared from his bed stand. It must be there with Secret Services of some foreign country even today. It can be recovered, but if not, a simple nation loving technocrats be asked to devise a system for Pakistan. Till then task a group to correct the failing of Pakistan’s governance. It can be done. In fact it is being done. We want Pak Army to put its speed in this venture to recover the ISLAMIC STATE OF PAKISTAN, which was exactly the vision of Quaid e Azam. Quaid if alive today would have spitted at the adverse secular concepts to bring down the Ideology of Pakistan. Our family has lived through these times.

My father knew Dr Allama Iqbal personally for twenty years. My father met the Quaid e Azam himself. Field Marshal Ayub Khan has done more for the country than anybody else. One look at his achievements should shame the Morons which make up our democracy today.

GROUPS ACCEPTED AMERICAN JASPER JOHNS
AS FATHER OF ART GIMMICKRY IN PAKISTAN

Ideology gone berserk again and again

The father of Art in Pakistan was M.A. Rahman Chughtai. Hundred Percent. And he remains the father of Art in Pakistan. Not very well understood by the art circles in Pakistan, but excellent understood by the people of Pakistan. The same people who called Dr Allama Iqbal as the Shair Mashriq and Abdur Rahman Chughtai as Mussawar e Mashriq. The matter would have rested fine.

Then a group of people were sent here to ride the Western bandwagon of the times. PABLO PICASSO became the new rage in Art Schools and Art circles. No one even understood Picasso. The only rage was to copy, to imitate, and then to get advantage from vested interests. Pablo Picasso an exceptional draughtsman, termed his own art, as a way of fooling the people of his times. We have his interviews in our archives, in which he make fun of those who took his adventures seriously. Then this Abstract Art withered away.

Post Modernism, Pakistan sought to imitate again and again. Now the real thing is that people of Pakistan merely get bewildered as they see this reclusive Modern Art in Pakistan. NA SIR, NA PAER (no head, no foot), this anarchy in Art created a serious Ideological crisis for Pakistan. Then somebody fed the Pakistan artists to make fun of Islam, Islamic values and Pakistan. An endless parade of disparagement started here.

The two beer can versions of Jasper Johns startled us all the time. And then he told us its reality. He said the cans are there TO MAKE YOU THINK. On beer can is smaller than the other, and one can is open. It seems people here could not even see that and thought that real thought had come to their empty minds. We of course have no issues with that but the public was awed out of love for the Fine Arts. No one remains interested in Arts to the extent that one cannot even find a VIP these days to inaugurate a show. His disgust and total unawareness can be seen from miles. But afraid of being ridiculed for his lack of knowledge, the VIP remains quiet and obedient to the invitees of the show. Clap your heart out, there is nothing there.

Art and Fine Art seeks a reaction from the public. That Art which does not evolve any reaction from us is merely useless endeavour meaning nothing. Dr Allama Iqbal warned us a long time back:

“O Wise ones! It is well to have a thirst for knowledge,
But what is in art that faileth to grasp the reality of things.
The object of all art is to attain the warmth of life immortal.
What availeth a spasm or to that vanish like a spark!
Without a miracle nations cannot rise,
What is art without the striking power of the Moses staff!”

A thing of beauty is indeed a joy forever. Things passed as beauty by berserk critics will only bring sorrow to us. We were a nation of intellectuals, but it looks like we are morons of the world now.

HINDUS HOMAGE TO PROPHET MUHAMMED (PBUH)
EVEN THIS KIND OF STUFF EXISTS IN ARCHIVES

Bridging two nations by Munshi Datasta Pershad

There was a Mushaira in the Wazeer Khan Mosque in Lahore around 1875 and all the poets narrated their love of the Prophet. Interesting there were few Hindus in it, who also narrated Qasidas in love and reverence of our Prophet. One of course was the famous TARA HALWAI of Delhi Darwaza Chowk. We will post those one day in our blog.

In meantime enjoy a Qasida by a Hindu Munshi, published in a local newspaper around 1927. Nothing is known by us about this MUNSHI DATASTA PERSHAD, but he calls himself holding a B A degree. Maybe we can research on him. In the mean time enjoy praise of the Prophet from, no one else than a Hindu himself. Respect for others way of life can really lead to meaningful dialogue. But this kind of feature is very rare indeed.

PANIC IN LAHORE AS SAUDI REGIME IN 1926
STARTED DEMOLISHING ISLAMIC MAUSOLEUMS AND MOSQUES

Posters all over Lahore, and one is attached here

All Muslims literally shudder when the Sawabis are mentioned and all would tread with utmost care even near their graves. It required some sort of foolhardy bravado or as some actually say, shamelessness to attempt to demolish the graves and mosques of the Sawabis. But it was done in 1926. Structures over religious personalities were thrown to the ground.

There was three attempts on the Grave of our Prophet (PBUH), and whole Lahore wept with shame. But nobody listened. The latest attempt was to demolish the structure to build a Parking lot there. All this is documented information and nobody can deny it.

The structures of our religious personalities are in the legacy of all Muslims. Such a decision cannot be made in isolation. A world body should have sat down to make decisions on such a matter. No one has the right to play with history. It is a World heritage site and the holiest place for Islam. No individual person or regime can make this decision on their own.

ANIMALS DESTROYING CULTURAL LEGACIES
WHO IS ACTUALLY FUNDING THE RASCALS?

Pakistan will tackle these movements

Living persons fight with living persons. Living cultures fight with living cultures. You do not fight with dead cultures. The dead cultures are lessons to us, of why civilizations rise and why they fall. The Quran tells us to study the rise and fall of civilizations. Who are these barbarians trying to start campaign to malign Islamic values. Co-existence is must in the way of Allah.

We also hear of the desire of these imbeciles to bring down the mosque of Al Aqsa as well as the Holy Kaaba. Does that reflect the way of Muslims? Of course not.

Brilliant strategists and destruction planners want to build the Temple of Solomon for world rule. Instead of destroying it themselves, let so called Muslims destroy it for them. Brilliant planning can lead to fatal flaw of not being able to predict the outcome of such a move. World catastrophe will lead to gain of no one. Let Jews, Christians and Muslims learn to co exist with each other in peace. Respect values of others and they will respect yours.

IN SEARCH OF SHAH RAUSHAN BRIDGE
ANOTHER MISSING MONUMENT OF LAHORE
Can we place its whereabouts?

Dr Muhmmed Baqir discovered a unique manuscript of Lahore. It recounted travelogue of a Lahorite on his way to find a job in Delhi. It happened in the times of Bahadur Shah, more commonly known as Shah Alam One.
The traveller Abdur Rasool in the MS NARANG ZAMAN……… mentions two points in Lahore, one Masti Gate and the other the Shah Raushan phul (bridge). He comes out of Lahore through Masti Gate and crosses the bridge in his travelogue.

In 1707 we must realize that the river flowed outside the walls of Lahore. Aurangzebi Bund had been built and the new diversion made. Even in our lifetime we saw the river Ravi as well as BUDA DARYA. An old painting of Lahore shows us some thing of this bridge. We also have a fallen bridge near Ferozewalla telling us the nature of this bridge.

Who was Shah Raushan? If this bridge was near the Masti Gate, it means that it was nearby. Obviously the bridge must have been pulled down by the British when the Badami Bagh Railway Station was made (separate blog). Dara Shikoh tells us that Ali Hujveri was buried in the corner of the Lahore Fort and a secret grave still exists there. Can we believe that the Shah Raushan bridge is no more than a bridge going to the Mazar of Ali Hujveri Data Darbar which was there at that time. See our blog on the subject.

THE FAMOUS RAMA TIRATH POET SWAMI OF LAHORE
TWO NATIONS ASSERTING THEMSELVES IN INTELLECTUAL LAHORE

The boy Tirath and M.A. Rahman Chughtai

The man Rama was born in 1873 in Muraliwalla near Gujranwalla and then came to Lahore for his education. Even at his birth, he was found to be of exceptional intelligence. With hardly any money, he made his inroad in Lahore and attended the Forman Christian College, Lahore. Excelling in languages and mathematics, it was not enough for him. Clearing his Bachelors and Masters, he started teaching in Lahore. Besides Mission College, he also got a job in Oriental College, Lahore. Extremely poor, he was supported by many, including the Principal of the College. He was married here and had children, and he lived inside the city at the Har Charan ki Pohrian (Stairs of Lord’s feet), inside Bhatti Gate, Lahore. One of his best friend was Khalilur Rahman, B.A, whose untimely death pained the Swami to a great extent.

One day the world famous Swami Vivekananda of Calcutta was in Lahore and addressed the huge number of the turbanned masses at the hall of Dhiyan Singh havelli in Lahore. People were carried away and became an inspiration for the people of Punjab. Rama Tirath was carried away too. That was start of his Swami career. He usually wore Khaddar cloth, but he became interested in discarding clothes. He could hear music that others could not hear. He burned in the love for Krishna. He started seeing visions, and then traversing the banks of the river Ravi and shouting the ecstasy of KRISHNA all the time. At times he felt himself to be god too. In Lahore he took out a magazine by the name of ALIF, the first letter of Urdu alphabet. Finally he left Lahore, and his students and well wishers sang his own poem at the Railway Station, Lahore. A scene remembered by many as memorial of highest order.

With no money, he could travel to the USA as well as Japan in 1902, and found friends everywhere. He returned in 1905, and went to the mountains, walking around naked, with a diet of red chillies and milk only. Very soon after that he died in 1906. He made a name for himself as a Swami which still exists today, in form of many books that he wrote in his times.
In similar times, Dr Allama Iqbal was preaching his messge to the Muslims of Lahore. Lahore was indeed the center of the two nations trying to assert their ideology here. In those days the Chughtai brothers heard Dr Allama Iqbal at Sheranwalla Gate School, as well as in Mochi Darwaza, Lahore. But things get more and more interesting.

M.A. Rahman Chughtai joined the Mayo School of Arts in 1913, for two year course diploma in Photolithography. With him joined another boy, a Hindu, who became one of his best friend. This boy was known as Tirath. His father had left him long ago and the mother had reared him up and they lived inside Bhatti Gate Lahore. The friendship became so close, that Chughtai used to visit the home of Tirath and Tirath’s sister used to cook chapattis for him to eat. They were very close to each other. And here is the most interesting aspect of it all. This boy was none else than the son of Swami Rama Tirath, a family left behind by the Swami in Lahore. Strange coincidences take place and this is one of them. One obsessed with Dr Allama Iqbal, the other having memories of his Swami father. Two nations asserting themselves in new way. More on that later.