
Maghi and Makar Sankranti: Why This Festival Marks a Turning Point
The day after Lohri’s bonfires die down, Punjab moves into Maghi, while most of the rest of India observes the

The day after Lohri’s bonfires die down, Punjab moves into Maghi, while most of the rest of India observes the

If Lohri is Punjab’s winter festival, Baisakhi is its spring counterpart — and for many Punjabis, it carries even greater

Long before most of North India turns its attention to the winter harvest, Punjab is already dancing around the bonfire.

Moving abroad changes a Punjabi family’s relationships in ways that are rarely talked about openly. A marriage that would have

Amritsar has one of the largest overseas diasporas of any city in Punjab — families with children, siblings, or parents

“How long until this works?” is usually the very next question after someone decides to pursue vashikaran — and it

“How much does this cost?” is a question a lot of people feel awkward asking an astrologer directly, which is

“Is this vashikaran or black magic?” comes up constantly in consultations, usually from someone who has been told by a

If you have spent any time searching for vashikaran online, you have probably also come across the opposite search —

Palmistry, or hast rekha shastra, is probably the oldest form of fortune-telling most people have actually tried themselves — holding