Karachi Literature Festival 2011 Programme
Karachi Literature Festival – full programme FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE All set for the 2nd Karachi Literature Festival Karachi (31 January 2011): The 2nd…
Karachi Literature Festival: Too many divides to bridge
By Ali Syed ‘Bridging divides’, as the name suggests, was about a certain disparity within the Pakistani society. KARACHI: ‘Bridging divides’, as the name suggests,…
Literature Festival ends with homage to Faiz
By Peerzada Salman A befitting and heartfelt tribute to Faiz Ahmed Faiz ended the 2nd Karachi Literature Festival at a local hotel on Sunday.…
Taliban suicide bomber dressed as schoolboy kills 31 army cadets
By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent, The Independent Pakistan’s army suffered a damaging blow after a suicide bomber believed to be in his teens and…
Confused and distraught — Rumi
Rumi interpreted by Coleman Barks derived from Arberry’s translation You bind me, and I tear away in a rage to open out into air,…
Faiz Ahmed Faiz: poet of peace
By Najam Sethi his year, South Asia celebrates the centenary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistan’s pre-eminent Urdu poet in the classical tradition of the…
I am the call of Love — Rumi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You whispered in my ears like early spring: “I am the call of Love, can you hear me in the full grasses, in…
My Master has planted jasmine in my heart
Shahidain has sent another Bait from Sultan Bahu for Jahane Rumi †Alif-Allaah chambe dee bootee murshid man wich laee hoo Naffee asbat daa…
Rumi – You and I, in the Palace
Happy is the moment, when we sit together, With two forms, two faces, yet one soul, you and I. The flowers will bloom forever,…
Veena Malik and the moral brigade
Pakistan’s electronic media is now a repository of the grand opinion setters of the Urdu press. Almost all channels have employed conservative writers of…
Had Anhad: Journeys With Ram & Kabir
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The Right to Dissent
(The year 2011 will be celebrated worldwide as the centenary of the great poet of Southasia, Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Himal‘s forthcoming January 2011 issue will…
Kabir and the search for identity
My earlier post on Kabir Kabir seems to push me to question the borders of my identity- Where do I draw the line? Where…
Le grande exposé: South Asia and WikiLeaks
By Raza Rumi An extraordinary exposé through WikiLeaks has shaken the closed doors diplomacy and the global security establishment, which flourishes on a culture…
Mixed emotions complicate Punjab governor’s assassination
Salman Masood [NATION] ISLAMABAD // Analysts said yesterday that the assassination of Salman Taseer shows the extent of extremism in a deeply divided society…
In and out of Isloo
I have waited, walked and sometimes slept… the reluctant memories of lounges live with me By Raza Ahmad When I think of an airport,…
The Martyrs of Karbala
By Sadia Dehlvi We are in the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the lunar Muslim Hijrah Calendar. According to authentic prophetic traditions,…
Who’s afraid of Sherry Rehman?
Express Tribune: It has been rather disturbing to witness the way Sherry Rehman has been the latest target of the purists within the ruling…
Media: Through the Looking Glass
It is ironic that the electronic media which played a major role in the movement against a military dictatorship is now being cited as…