Raza Rumi was in Delhi
A budding writer from Lahore visits the city of his beloved author. I was [pleasantly -why lie] surprised this morning to discover a story…
Journeying into Mysticism
Indian Muslims blog has posted my travel piece on Delhi. “…, I tell my workmate of the 22 khawajas buried under Delhi’s soil and…
Aaj Kay Mouzu – Behjat Gilani, Urdu VOA
Was at the Urdu VOA program Aaj Kay Mouzu with Behjat Gilani, spoke about Israel-Palestine issue.…
Not again –
Sometime back I had written a piece on the Kafkaesque nature of our history. The recent events though not altogether unexpected nor peculiar reminded…
Indo-Pak film wars
Filming the Line of Control: the Indo-Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens; Edited by Meenakshi Bharat & Nirmal Kumar; Routledge 2008; Pp239; Price Rs…
My interview at the Pak Spectator
Raza Rumi was interviewed at the Pak Spectator blog. My interview is nothing but rambling galore; but I did relish answering the various questions.…
By: william
Against Forgetting – Manglesh Dabraal I also found this translation on the site you mention – I find the poem moving and profound. Do…
By: Lendy Widayana
I looked at your blog and thank you for your story. It can make mutual understanding among all people of the world. My name…
By: kranti kumare saxena
And, yet ki janaa mein kaun? for I do not recognize myself… ————–You are a soul to preach humanism and salvation. —————————————-…
By: Tahir Yazdani Malik
The Center for Cultural Heritage conservation and Mangement at NCA, Lahore. We the first group of M.Phil students are all sensitive to the complex…
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…
By: rubeena
Very impressive site, i love Lahore and its magnificent history, and stumbled upon your site by accident.I hope to get a lot of inspiration…
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…
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…
By: Rumi
Raza – What a wonderful write-up. I could almost taste the mangoes and pomegrandaes! It brought a smile to my face and a yearning…
Why I love Pakistan? Top 5 reasons
The Civilization Pakistan is not a recent figment but a continuation of 5000 years of history: quite sheepishly, I admit, that I am an…
The Cow – a parable
Amardeep has posted the following Sufi parable related by Idries Shah with a request to respond to his humorous interpretation. I left a comment there. Others might be interested…
Remembering the evening glow in Murree
Yasir’s beautiful image of the typical evening glow in Murree brought back all the memories of my life there. I lived in this hill station…
By: Shaheen Sultan Dhanji