INTERVIEW: MR. RAZA RUMI
Mr. Raza Rumi, Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College, is an author, policy analyst, and journalist from Pakistan. His writings have been published in…
Remembering Intizar Husain
(L-R) Jamila Hashmi, Intizar Husain, Masood Ashar and Kishwar Naheed Raza Rumi remembers Intizar Husain as a colossus of letters, but also as a…
Raza Rumi on Journalists at danger in Pakistan
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the current situation of journalists in Pakistan. Raza asserts that unfortunately media houses and the state itself has not been…
In memoriam: Writers like Intizar Husain never die, they live on in their words and ideas
In celebrating his pluralistic literary roots, Intizar Husain was a truly contemporary writer. Intizar Husain, the last of great Urdu writers, passed away yesterday…
Some thoughts on indigenous peoples
Last week, I visited the National Museum of American Indian, New York. Thereafter, I posted a few tweets. Sharing them here below. Grateful to…
Miniature Painting Goes Global
Steeped in the past, and yet, modernist in its application, neo miniature is the new face of Pakistani miniature painting and art. Having evolved…
2015: The year in words
Last year was long, unsettling and transitional. I have always welcomed change but being unsure about one’s future path is not too exciting.Have been…
From terror to trade: Eight reasons Pakistanis now want a peace process from Modi and Sharif
The carefully staged surprise diplomacy by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his warm reception by his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif break a logjam…
In Bangladesh the term blogger has become a curse
Around the world online freedoms are being threatened both by states and violent criminal organizations that are seeking to repress free speech.…
Midnight’s furies
The violent process of Partition remains a highly contested domain in the study of history. Raza Rumi examines various histories of Partition in the…
Raza Rumi Talk at Cornell on 16th December remembering Peshawar School Attack
My talk at Cornell University back in December 2015 – remembering the Peshawar School attack. The 2014 attack on the Army Public School acted…
Meeting Samiya
I saw Dukhtar with the film’s protagonist, rekindling memories personal and political It was utterly delightful when my friend Samiya Mumtaz now a celebrated…
Global terrorism myth and reality
A new report by the Institute for Economics and Peace, an international think tank based in Australia, brings to light some hard data on…
Negotiating Freedom of Expression
Earlier this year, two secular bloggers were hacked to death in Bangladesh. In other countries such as Russia and Iran, writers and journalists languish…
‘Blasphemy laws have become an instrument of malicious motives’
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in its new report On Trial: the Implementation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, has documented the widespread fair trial violations…
Nawaz Sharif shift to the centre
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chequered political career may have entered a new phase. His third term is beset by the same old challenges usually…
A book I will be reading soon: “Nobody Can Love You More”
Mayank’s book Nobody Can Love You More has been published (see the rather lovely self-portrait by the author). I am so eager to get…
Faiz Ahmed Faiz: A window to what could have been
Most of us recognize Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his immortal poetry. Few are aware that Faiz Ahmed Faiz was also a prolific prose writer…
Mumtaz Qadri – Salmaan Taseer – Blasphemy it was not
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for Mumtaz Qadri “the policeman who murdered former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer in January 2011 for…
Raza Rumi Speaks Out on Countering Violent Extremism