We Are All Dr Faustus – Parveen Shakir
Last month, in the freezing climes of Islamabad, we talked about Parveen Shakir, Pakistan’s popular poet who died at a young age. One of…
Picasso’s Guernica – Timeless relevance
Picasso’s Guernica is an immortal mural painting. It shows the horrors of the war in a timeless fashion. More from David Hart’s amazing website…
Iraq – Emptiness of War (Unforgettable photos)
I could not sleep well this weekend. The images from Iraq, some sent by friends and the others discovered on the Internet kept…
Sadequain 20 years later – Khalid Hasan
Khalid Hasan writes on the great Pakistani master, Sadequain,in the current issue of the Friday Times: “It is 20 years this year since Sadequain’s…
Mission Accomplished – Louise Rill on Iraq
Stumbling upon Louise Rill’s poetry website was rewarding. I found this unyielding poem on Iraq operation signifying the emotions of many citizens in the…
Images – More on Iqbal Hussain
The celebrated artist Iqbal Hussain also runs the famous Cooco’s cafe in the old Lahore. My friend of the Olive Ream fame was there…
Iqbal Hussain – Lahore’s controversial artist
Iqbal Hussain from Lahore is one of the finest painters we have. Most of his paintings depict women from the Heera Mandi (literally the…
By: mahi
Very nice to have come upon this blog. I am happy for two reasons: 1.There’s a spontaneous gladdening of my heart when I see…
Yellow and Green
The yellow and the green defines old buildings in Hanoi. The image above is an old school building. Reminds me of our government…
Hanoi – Within the River
Today I found out that Ha Noi means “within the river” About the capital, the Vietnamese poet Nguyen Cong Tru (1778-1858) writes.. Whether it…
Hillary’s Mystery Woman – Huma Abedin
I am grateful to Nabeela Apa – our dear friend – for sending the link to this story published in the New York Observer.…
Turned by the Waves of Love
Know that the wheeling heavens are turned by waves of Love: were it not for Love, the world would be frozen, stiff. How would…
O how the Beloved fits inside my heart
O how the Beloved fits inside my heart; Like a thousand souls in one body, A thousand harvests in one sheaf of wheat, A…
Travelling again
Once again I am travelling .. I love to travel but when the internet connections in certain parts of the world are not great,…
Shah Ast Hussain – II
After reading my earlier post, my dear friend Sheraz Haider has corrected the translation of the Persian quatrain Shah Ast Hussain as follows: Ruler…
By: Wajahat Abbas
Really a good blog. I am from Karachi, but these days i am in Lahore on project, and want to meet you. Though i…
By: Nasar Malik