Sufi hearts in Delhi
This was published in The Friday Times in the May 22-29, 2009 issue Getting a visa to India is a nightmare for ordinary mortals.…
Humanitarian Crisis of NWFP – Urgent Appeal
Let us all us join hands to alleviate the sufferings of the people who need our help Situation Background North West Frontier of Pakistan…
Sultana Begum, the great grand daughter-in law of last Mughal emperor
Jahane Rumi is grateful to Shivnath Jha for this contribution.. Stiching words together to restore glory to the lives lost in oblivion may not…
Well done Priti Maithil – good luck with the IAS babus
Raza Rumi News such as this one are truly heart-warming. Not that entry into the Rajesque, elitist IAS is a panacea for India’s grinding…
Fahmida Riaz – “Her dreams of the future”
Barricaded Islamabad enveloped by the ghosts of national gloom has one little corner of hope. The Pakistan Academy of Letters, under its dynamic and…
Amankaar Tehrik (peace movement) in Pakistan challenges the status quo
Courtesy Fouzia Saeed DISSPELLING THE MYTHS ABOUT TALIBAN Myth: The root cause of Terrorism is extreme poverty and lack of education Reality: This is…
New book: Wanted: Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family
Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand Muslim family laws have for long been—and continue to be—a hugely controversial subject. Critics contend that these laws seriously militate…
Miracle Worker Explores Sufism
By Archana (Mail Today) WHEN it comes to weaving a web of words, no one does it as well as Khushwant Singh. The nonagenarian…
I will take you to the depths of spirit
I am the Spirit Moon with no place. You do not see me for I am hidden inside the soul. Others want you for…
The Historian – Online Journal of Government College University, Pakistan
Many months ago I received this link to the online journal of the Government College University, Lahore. It has an impressive editorial board and…
Ah, the deal
Much has been made of this NYT article on the class inequalities in NWFP that are fuelling the Taliban movement. However, I would like…
Sadia Dehlvi’s book – Sufism: the Heart of Islam
Finally Sadia Dehlvi’s book, Sufism: The Heart of Islam (HarperCollins), is published and was launched last week in Delhi. India’s eminent writer Khushwant Singh…
Another Incarnation
Published in The New York Times By PANKAJ MISHRA Visiting India in 1921, E. M. Forster witnessed the eight-day celebration of Lord Krishna’s birthday.…
Abject surrender
My piece published in The Friday Times How can I remain unaffected and quiet after seeing that my country might be disfigured and my…
I never knew it
By day I praised you And never knew it. By night I stayed with you And never knew it. I always thought that I…
Brewing storms
Raza Rumi laments the tragedies of our times, and says that the state cannot be absolved of its responsibility to protect citizens against terrorism…
Let’s adore one another
come on sweetheart let’s adore one another before there is no more of you and me a mirror tells the truth look at your…
Civil society speaks
Zinda dilaan-e-Lahore say no to Talibanisation, reports Raza Rumi Never before have we citizens been traumatised with an uncertain future and the knocks of…
spiritual windowshoppers
These spiritual windowshoppers, who idly ask, “How much is that?” “Oh, I’m just looking.” They handle a hundred items and put them down, shadows…
Pakistan’s Sufis Preach Faith and Ecstasy
Read this great blog and was tempted to cross-post a few bits here: Every year, a few hundred thousand Sufis converge in Seh- wan,…