Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introdution
- 1 South Asia: Land, People, and Economy
- 2 Historical Roots of South Asian Urbanisation
- 3 Mumbai: The Financial Capital of India
- 4 Delhi: Growing Problems of a Growing Megalopolis
- 5 Calcutta: The Emergence of Colonial Settlement into Megacity of the East
- 6 Chennai: A Rural Metropolis in Search of Modernity
- 7 Hyderabad: From the Feudal City to a Hi-Tech Metropolis
- 8 Bangalore: From Garden City to Silicon Valley of India
- 9 Karachi: The Commercial Capital of Pakistan
- 10 Lahore: The Cultural Heart of Pakistan
- 11 Kabul: A City in Perpetual Turmoil
- 12 Dhaka: A Mega City of Persistence and Change
- 13 Kathmandu: A City Where Tradition and Modernity Overwhelm Each Other
- 14 Thimphu: The City of Peace and Organic Development
- 15 Colombo: The Primate City of Sri Lanka
- 16 Male: Island Capital of an Island Nation
- 17 Beyond the Present: Vision of a New Urban Future
- Index
10 - Lahore: The Cultural Heart of Pakistan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introdution
- 1 South Asia: Land, People, and Economy
- 2 Historical Roots of South Asian Urbanisation
- 3 Mumbai: The Financial Capital of India
- 4 Delhi: Growing Problems of a Growing Megalopolis
- 5 Calcutta: The Emergence of Colonial Settlement into Megacity of the East
- 6 Chennai: A Rural Metropolis in Search of Modernity
- 7 Hyderabad: From the Feudal City to a Hi-Tech Metropolis
- 8 Bangalore: From Garden City to Silicon Valley of India
- 9 Karachi: The Commercial Capital of Pakistan
- 10 Lahore: The Cultural Heart of Pakistan
- 11 Kabul: A City in Perpetual Turmoil
- 12 Dhaka: A Mega City of Persistence and Change
- 13 Kathmandu: A City Where Tradition and Modernity Overwhelm Each Other
- 14 Thimphu: The City of Peace and Organic Development
- 15 Colombo: The Primate City of Sri Lanka
- 16 Male: Island Capital of an Island Nation
- 17 Beyond the Present: Vision of a New Urban Future
- Index
Summary
‘One who has not seen Lahore was not really born,’ goes an old Punjabi maxim. Lahore is one of the very few cities in the world, which takes pride in its own ubiquitous lifestyle. Its traditions, dialect, festivities, cuisine, body language, and air are typically Lahori, unlike any other city. Lahore, being the provincial capital of Punjab (Pakistan), is a centre of brisk economic and political activities. It has always been the city of poets, saints, philosophers, and artists; the prime citadel of education and learning in Pakistan. It is a business and industrial centre too. It has everything that a city needs to be called ‘great.’
Present-day Lahore has two parts: old and new (more precisely, northern and southern Lahore). The old city, which was once enclosed by a wall with twelve gigantic gates, has now transcended the protective wall. Narrow winding streets, historical monuments, grand havelis, crowded bazaars, and cuisine centres characterise the old city. Modern architecture, open boulevards, and fashionable shopping malls makeup the southern part of the city. The two, old and new, are separated by The Mall, Lahore's most beautiful avenue.
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- Urbanisation in South AsiaFocus on Mega Cities, pp. 284 - 314Publisher: Foundation BooksPrint publication year: 2012