We can smile in adversity too – the Biharis in Bangladesh
I took this photo at a Bihari camp in Dhaka. Thousands of ‘Pakistanis’ are stranded in Bangaldesh since 1971 and both the states refuse…
Watering the the Indus Valley
Published in telegraph.co.uk – Last Updated: 12:01am – BST – 17/05/2008 Peter Parker reviews Empires of the Indus: the Story of a River by…
Sufi Qawwali – Mehr Ali and Sher Ali
Sadiq has written a wonderful post here – I am cross posting it here. Couple of nights back (24, April, 08) came an unanticipated…
Faiz, a Peaceful Revolutionary
This is in continuation of the splendid translation series undertaken by Mr. Anis Zuberi and contributed by JZ for this blog. Earlier posts can…
Islamic poster art in India – and South Asia
This piece entitled, My Name is Green, published in the weekly Outlook India traces how “forged in the cultural ferment of a century ago,…
Indo-Pak Sindhi writers meet in New Delhi
By Prem Chand Sahajwala SINDHI IS one of the many Indic languages and it has gone through many phases of ups and downs in…
On Bhagat Singh, His Vision And Jinnah’s Support For His Struggle
In his incisive speech to the Constituent Assembly on September 12 and 14, 1929, Jinnah harshly condemned the criminal colonial rule and the Government's…
Love Stories of the Risalo of Shah Latif
Sur Suhni This story dates back to the time when the Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan ruled over Delhi. There was a wealthy potter named…
Greeks in Chitral, Pakistan?
By Salman Rashid There is no historical evidence of Alexander or his men straying north of the ridges of the Hindu Kush Mountains into…
Jama Masjid Delhi: The Real Estate Hunt and the State
By Sadia Dehlvi Jama Masjid, the last significant and glorious monuments of the Mughal period now faces a threat of extinction in the garb…
Mehrgarh – Pakistan’s glorious, ancient past
Found a well researched article on Mehrgarh Mehrgarh is the centre of the first known developed place of civilization in its advanced form in…
Jodha Akbar – this is no ordinary film
My blogger friend, Manasvi wrote this reviewof Jodha Akbar and I am glad that the film is good. Jodha Akbar brings to cinema an…
Buddha, the Taliban and Pakistan-
I have been working on this composition for quite a while. I was angered, rather revolted by what the Taliban were doing in the…
“Partition: Surgery without Anaesthesia”
Titled “Partition: Surgery without Anaesthesia”, the book, a compilation of 31 individual accounts including from noted writer and columnist Khushwant Singh and artist Satish…
NATO Genocide in Afghanistan?
I hold no brief for the Taliban. They have enraged the world and brought much shame to Muslims and dare I say the great…
How I met Dr. Shreekant Gupta
That the conservative and often skin-deep Economist published the story – “The world’s most dangerous place” – was not surprising. The publication sings an…
Chiragh-e-Dair (Light of the World) – Ghalib on Benaras
Mirza Ghalib spent a month in Benaras during his struggles for the restoration of pension. The city left a lasting impact on him. I…
Journeying into mysticism (noted as one the best articles of 2007)
Indian Muslims Blog is now two years old. The IM team have compiled the best articles published at the blog in 2007. Shameless as…
Coffee and Sufism – the ancient links
Thanks to Zainab, I came across this article on the Superluminal blog that traces the links rather well. Most modern coffee-drinkers are probably unaware…
On the eve of Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary
Centuries ago, Guru Nanak composed these lines: Within every body Is the Lord hidden; Within every body Is His light. Searching his body, his…