A message from Nizamudddin Dargah
I have never met Marta but the attachment to Nizamuddin Dargah has bound us for years. Yesterday I got this email and beautiful photographs…
Picasso on indifference
My dear friend Isa D, has refreshed the memory of this fabulous quote from Pablo Picasso. This quote is extremely pertinent to the current…
Khusrau, Meera, Kabir: The Fluid Self
An essay contributed by the celebrated singer, writer and spiritualist Vidya Rao I often ask myself the question why I choose, above all things,…
My painting
This painting was inspired by a dusk view of the Qutub Minar.…
List of Art & Culture
Art Concerns Bengali Art Calligraphy Egyptology Harappa Hermitage, St Petersburg Indoislamica Indus Colours Indus Valley Civilisation Iranian Art Islamic Art and Culture Louvre, France…
LLF 2021: Raza Rumi Discusses ‘Desi Delicacies’ Book By Claire Chambers
In Lahore Literary Festival 2021, Raza Rumi moderated a panel discussion with author Claire Chambers who shed light on her latest work ‘Desi Delicacies’.…
Remembering Asif Farrukhi With Harris Khalique, Irfan Javed, Ameena Syed, Atiya Dawood, and Ghazal Asif Farrukhi
Asif Farrukhi’s daughter and friends come together to remember and celebrate the great literary figure’s life and works. Asif passed away recently in June,…
What It Means To Be A Pakistani. Exploring South Asian Diaspora With Raza Rumi
The following interview is conducted by Daneesh Majid with Raza Rumi Ahmad on the subjects of identity, society and culture. A man who has…
Raza Rumi on Sindh festival
My analysis on the Sindh festival and the criticism on PPP. There might be a political angle to the recent Sindh Festival but calling…
Lifting ban on Basant a good move, says Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi appreciates governments recent move to uplift ban on basant that will restore thousands of years old festival. The basant festival is surrounded…
The Sound of Data Darbar
NEW YORK, May 6, 2017 — Me and classical singer Tahira Syed. We explore Lahore’s, and arguably Pakistan’s, cornerstone of Sufism, the shrine of…
The personal is political
January 22, 2017: The personal is political (Dawn) Pakistani American artist Anila Quayyum Agha has been celebrated for her groundbreaking sculptural installation ‘Intersections’ that earned…
Love, Loss and Gain: Anila Quayyum Agha’s Art
A shorter version of this article was published in DAWN in January 2017. Pakistani American artist Anila Quayyum Agha has been celebrated for her…
Odd spaces and new media
Raza Rumi talks to artist Faisal Anwar, whose work plays with space and time in the digital era. Faisal Anwar is a renowned interactive,…
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…
Free Speech in Free Countries The Indian Subcontinent Live with Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the shared histoy of India and Pakistan. In this video he emphasises on similarities between India and Pakistan. Rumi says…
Counter Terrorism by Urdu Literature
I partiicpated in a VOA show with Ayesha Siddiqa and Wusatullah Khan hosted by Tabinda Naeem on language, literature and current trends. We began…
Rannikot II
Salman Rashid muses on the ancient site of Rannikot in Sindh and prefers that it is”enigmatic, inscrutable, inviting” One thing is certain about Rannikot: it…
KLF 2014 Book Launch Delhi by Heart Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller by Raza Rumi 8 2 2014
Launching of my Book: ‘Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller by Raza Rumi’ Moderator: Asif Noorani…