By: Kanwal
Salam! Can you please telle me when Shah Shams Tabrez urs are in Multan?…
Sufi Zikr – inspiration for a painting
This is a painting that I revisited and converted its earlier abstract form into a calligraphic experiment. Now the challenge was that in addition…
Threatened Ancient Buddhist Stone Carvings
A friend sent this disturbing news-item today. Disturbing that it took a German archaeologist to alert us of this and sad that no one really…
By: burraq
Assalam o alaykum Mr Rumi, i loved ur website it contain all tht i want, i want u to put more rumi’s poetry. Anyways,…
Standing Alone in Mecca
Sadia Dehlvi recently reviewed the captioned book for the weekly Outlook. The author of this book is Asra Nomani whose life story is quite fascinating. After reading this review,…
On Rumi, Iqbal and ‘Dynamic Sufism’
Pakistan celeberates Allama Iqbal’s death anniversary on April 21 with the usual lip-service. The key messages of Iqbal seem to have been lost in…
Hanif Kureishi on the room where he writes
Guardian has compiled an interesting list of writers and their rooms here. Here’s a detailed account of Kureishi’s room: “The garden gnome with his…
By: zobaria
Thank you for your words of encouragement at terminal therapy. I am really glad to make your acquaintance and I can see that I…
Public Sculptures of Lahore – cross posted at All Things Pakistan
I am glad that Adil Najam posted my piece on the public sculptures of Lahore on his blog – All Things Pakistan. It was…
khushwant singh
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20070416&fname=Cover+Story+%28F%29&sid=1 Magazine| Apr 16, 2007 khushwant singh Spring Of The Patriarch Don’t be fooled by this image of repose. At 92, India’s grand old…
By: razarumi
Dear Bhopale, Ghaus, Osama, Wajahat and Mahi Many thanks for visiting this space and leaving comments. This is most encouraging!…
Our endangered heritage
Delhi’s Red Fort was once a symbol of Mughal power and the myriad India was ruled for centuries from this fort. It has continued…
Husn-e-Haqiqi by Arieb Azhar
I discovered this video courtesy a blog at Naqsh. This is a soulful rendition of powerful lyrics by Khawaja Ghulam Farid; and the images…
The anguish of Bahadur Shah Zafar
The last of the Mughal Emperors – Bahadur Shah Zafar – died in exile after the 1857 War of Independence. He was a gifted…
By: Meher
Hello, I came across your website when I was searching for an image of Jehangir’s wine cup. It has been a pleasure to be…
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya-The Sultan of Hearts
The Sultan of Hearts Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya contribution by Sadia Dehlvi The 6th of last May marked the 682n AD/703 Hijri death anniversary or…
By: Raza Rumi
Faraz: thanks for the comment. I visited your blog and left a comment. Am not sure if you saw it? Mike: You have raised…
By: sajidbaloch
Dear Raza, This is my first comment, although i have been a secret admirer since long. It is interesting to note the contrast between…
Another image of Amrita Shergil’s work
This is a rich, sensuous and haunting work capturing the mood of 1930s (perhaps) and telling the story in a Western format adapted by…
By: Amit C