Another poem by Zehra Nigah
Another well known poem from Zehra Nigah (again) with a translation by Rakshanda Jalil: Complete poem...
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Three poems by a leading Pakistani poet
Zehra Nigah is a prominent poet from Pakistan with a distinct style and voice. A modernist...
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The anguish of Bahadur Shah Zafar
The last of the Mughal Emperors -Â Bahadur Shah Zafar – died in exile after the 1857...
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Karachi – “Bright Lights”
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Each time one visits Karachi the sprawling metropolis seems more run down. Crumbling infrastructure, notwithstanding the...
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Faiz translated by Vikram Seth
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Came across this beautiful translation of Faiz’s touching verse by Vikram Seth. It is a great translation...
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Petal to Petal..More of Parveen Shakir
Nirmal has been visiting this blog and requesting for more translations of Parveen Shakir. I have...
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“Man-Bitten†Ghalib: introducing himself
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Ghalib’s immortal and complex poetry transcends time and sometimes even the boundaries of human thought. The...