Two pictures – many stories
Nearly eight years ago, this image of General Musharraf made headlines.. And today I saw the following image here where Ms Bhutto is pampering her dog..…
The Sultan of Hearts
The Sultan of Hearts Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Sadia Dehlvi The 6th of this May marked the 682n AD/703 Hijri death anniversary or Urs celebrations…
By: Tahir Yazdani Malik
Kucha Kakayzai One small residential district in the walled city of Lahore, incidently is still well preserved . The early Kakayzais who settled in…
Amrita Shergil’s Lahore
Khalid Hasan writing for the Friday Times: Amrita Sher Gil was once asked by Iqbal Singh, who was to write her biography 43 years…
By: Obaid Qureshi
Just discovered your site…. I am very much interested to re-visit it in detail. There is so much more in it than I had…
By: Amit C
Raza, your blog is becoming this enormous repository of amazing stuff — photographs, poetry, historical narratives, thoughtful opinion — about some of the things…
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…
By: Asmapk