Salman Rashid

Travel writer, Fellow of Royal Geographical Society

Pir Balanosh, the dragon-slayer of Chaghi
25 March 2017

Urdu article about Pir Balanosh, the dragon-slayer of Chaghi district, Balochistan. A classic study in anthropology where ancient legend alters with changing modern reality [double click the image to enlarge].

Labels: Balochistan, Urdu

posted by Salman Rashid @ 00:00,

8 Comments:

At 24 May 2014 at 20:46, muhammad athar said...: Sir thanks for giving historical details in very short article
At 25 May 2014 at 07:27, Salman Rashid said...: Athar, there is an English version as well.
At 29 May 2014 at 12:37, I-T said...: Salman saab. Where is the english version. Cant seem to find it. I'm a slow Urdu reader.

Best
At 29 May 2014 at 12:41, Salman Rashid said...: ~~ I T: Read these two articles:

http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-russians-and-saint.html

http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/03/baba-ghundi-dragon-slayer-of-chapursan.html
At 31 July 2015 at 21:58, Muhammad Imran Saeed said...: Zabaan ke chatkharey ka angrezi mutaraadif mujhey naheen aata but it was for this particular appetite that I went through the urdu version and was aptly rewarded. Thank you for traveling and writing.
At 2 August 2015 at 06:58, Salman Rashid said...: Thank you, Imran. Thank you for being a reader.
At 16 January 2016 at 11:05, Unknown said...: Zabardast Kavish.
At 2 December 2021 at 13:28, Kifayat said...: I want to read columns