https://bkpk.me Piggy-back ride with A&Z Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:39:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://bkpk.me/myth-and-kaleidoscope-pakistans-bhong-mosque/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=myth-and-kaleidoscope-pakistans-bhong-mosque https://bkpk.me/myth-and-kaleidoscope-pakistans-bhong-mosque/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:50:35 +0000 Tim Blight http://bkpk.me/?p=13758
The really really pretty Bhong Mosque is in the small village of Bhong, about 50 kilometres from the city of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of Pakistani Punjab. It is something of an icon for the local region, whose unique Saraiki culture is often forgotten between the economic powerhouses ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/myth-and-kaleidoscope-pakistans-bhong-mosque/feed/ 5 https://bkpk.me/in-pakistan-a-peaceful-pause-at-badshahi-mosque/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-pakistan-a-peaceful-pause-at-badshahi-mosque https://bkpk.me/in-pakistan-a-peaceful-pause-at-badshahi-mosque/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 22:58:23 +0000 Tim http://bkpk.me/?p=13451
I approach carefully; the man is sitting on a ledge to the left of the main entrance to the prayer hall. He is deep in thought, reciting something; perhaps thinking about God, perhaps thinking about his life, perhaps in search of the light.   Lahore’s Badshahi Mosque is the city’s ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/in-pakistan-a-peaceful-pause-at-badshahi-mosque/feed/ 14 https://bkpk.me/faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faith https://bkpk.me/faith/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:50:38 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=6165
I saw this picture placed next to a little road-side Hindu temple while walking the streets of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu (Southern India). It truly caught my attention because, despite the fact that is was part of a place for Hinduism devotees, it depicts symbols of 3 religions: a mosque ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/faith/feed/ 0 https://bkpk.me/why-i-left-dubai-and-wont-come-back-part-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-i-left-dubai-and-wont-come-back-part-12 https://bkpk.me/why-i-left-dubai-and-wont-come-back-part-12/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:23:18 +0000 Zara http://bkpk.me/?p=2786
I lived in Dubai for about 4 years – this is where I met my boyfriend. When we decided to quit our jobs in Dubai to start traveling full-time, we got two kinds of reactions from friends and family. The most common was “I wish I could do that as ... more »]]> https://bkpk.me/why-i-left-dubai-and-wont-come-back-part-12/feed/ 440