Dhaka by degrees
How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. -William Shakespeare I grew up in the post-East…
sanon apna yaar rajhawan dey
mar na mulla bulariyan sanon apna yaar rajhawan dey kanjri banyaan meri ezat na ghatdi meinon naach ke yaar manawan deey loog ishaq noon…
Edited – Parallel Lines: Photographs by Isa Daudpota
“Isa Daudpota is an engineer and physicist by profession. He is keenly interested in art, mathematics and computers. He writes frequently on science, information…
When sorrows come…
Thought of Shakespeare while being depressed with events in Pakistan. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!…
But if you are happy…
When you whirl, your eye sees the room whirling, too. If you sail in a ship over the sea, it seems the seashore is…
Murree Ghosts – my recent painting
I have been busy with discovering the pleasure of painting – playing with colours and mixing visions and inspirations with linseed oil. The results…
Insider’s Indonesia
Lush green vistas and the eclectic Javanese culture, the breathtaking Bali coastline and the curiously composite Islamic identity of the country made up my…
The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Book Review
Mohsin Hamid’s second novel is out. It has made to several bestsellers’ lists and invokes a theme central to our times. I am posting…
Abida Parveen sings Bulleh Shah’s teray ishq nachaya..
Bullhe Shah, I sit at Inayat's door,
He clothed me in robes of green and red.
When I stamped my heel, I found him.
Compelled by love…
A painting on Pakistan
I have been working on this painting albeit intermittently since May 14 – when the shocking events in Pakistan stirred me to paint these…
Tiburon – a poem by Fatima Hasan
The budding poet Fatima Hasan visited San Francisco and was inspired by a place called Tiburon. The impact of its natural beauty was so…
Amrita Shergil’s Lahore
Khalid Hasan writing for the Friday Times: Amrita Sher-Gil is one with the earth of Lahore. Is there no one in this city that…
By: asmaa bilal
i must offer my words of thanks and gratitiude. it was by a sheer chance tht i came by this blog yesterday. i was…
Jal gaya tha ik roshniyon ka shaher
Aggrieved by the recent sinister, senseless violence and brutal murders in Pakistan, this is my feeble attempt at poetic expression. I have also trans-created…
Bulleh Shah and Abida Parveen
Bulleh Shah’s timeless verse has been celeberated by several artists but it is Abida Parveen the immensely gifted singer, a bit of dervish herself,…
Karachi – some lines from Ibne Insha
I am grateful to my long lost friend Zaman for sharing these remorseful lines from Ibn-e-Insha, the great Urdu poet and writer. I am…
These strange times
Found lovely photo from taken near the Hiran Minar built by Emperor Jahangir. This monument was built by the Mughal Emperor in the memory of Mansraj, his favourite antelope.…
Thanking my readers
Jahane Rumi (JR) is being noted. Just saw that Islamabadblog has ranked this blog among the top ten. I never thought that JR would…
Visiting a Primary School in Sindh
I was in rural Sindh (in Pakistan) after many years. Met interesting people and many members of the ever expanding middle class. We also…
By: rubeena