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Banned by inept governments to please religious extremists, a corrupt police department and bigoted nationalists, Basant remains vividly alive in literature, poetry, art and, of course, the city of Lahore's collective memory. In this in-depth dirge to the festival, Ally Adnan traces its roots, its culture and its viability today