We imagine the old dak as a man carrying a mailbag.
But behind him was an elaborate machinery - sometimes there was even a tiger.
My latest Past Imperfect is about that hidden machinery.
@zeyaurrahman.bsky.social
@zeyaurrahman.bsky.socialWe imagine the old dak as a man carrying a mailbag.
But behind him was an elaborate machinery - sometimes there was even a tiger.
My latest Past Imperfect is about that hidden machinery.
@scroll.in#Podcast | How has one family stayed in business despite more than five centuries of political churn? “Business families survive because they are business agnostic,” Sudev Sheth remarks in this episode of #PastImperfect with Dinyar Patel.
@zeyaurrahman.bsky.socialA Buddhist king was once offered the presidency of Pakistan. There was just one condition: he had to convert to Islam. He refused. The story begins with a strange twist of the Radcliffe Line. @antaradatta.bsky.social
@zeyaurrahman.bsky.socialFor 68 years, people lived in villages that belonged to one country but were surrounded by another.
In 2015, more than 24,000 acres changed sovereignty. Less than 2% of the people moved.
Only the line moved.
My latest #PastImperfect article