Feryal Ali Gauhar – femme fatale

Conversations with novelist, filmmaker, feline aficionado, and femme fatale, Feryal Ali Gauhar, as she prepares to launch her second novel Who doesn’t know Feryal…

Faiz translated by Vikram Seth

Came across this beautiful translation of Faiz’s touching verse by Vikram Seth. It is a great translation as it ventures to capture the melody…

Striking Prints from a young Pakistani artist

I finally got hold of the digital images of some lovely prints by Samar Ataullah – a graduate of the National College of Arts,…

Images from Data Saheb’s Shrine

Saw this news item today – “Data Sahib’s 963rd urs concludes: Around 500,000 attend final prayers”.The news item reported that around 0.9 million visited…

Lahore Jharokas

“Anwar Pasha, an architect, has sketched the architecture of Sikh-era houses to take the viewers on a journey through the architecture of the past.…

By: homeyra

Hello Raza I enjoy reading your blog. I have been to Lahore and it is great to still have the opportunity to “connect” with…

‘You turned out to be just like us’ –

By Pakistani poet Fahmida Riaz. The inimitable Fahmida Riaz, who is a favourite of mine, was disappointed during her stay in India (during the…

By: firoze shakir

Shah Ast Hussain BadshaAst Hussain – my poem http://www.photographerno1.com/thumbnails.php?album=38&page=3 A lesson in humanity A banner you must feel Before you read Shah Ast Hussain…