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…
Stranger to History, By Aatish Taseer
Ziauddin Sardar’s review for The Independent is worth a read: Aatish Taseer grew up in Delhi with his Indian mother, a Sikh journalist. The…
Sadia Dehlvi: An Inimitable Friend Indeed
I had never imagined that I would be writing an obituary of a soulmate. The idea is daunting and shattering, to say the least.…
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…
Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s trip to New Delhi sent multiple signals
Narendra Modi’s swearing-in as India’s prime minister coincided with a major diplomatic initiative. By inviting SAARC leaders, especially Pakistan’s prime minister, a new beginning…
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…
A wonderful review of my book by Rana Safvi
Here’s a lovely review written by Rana Safvi over at her blog “Dilli jo aik shahar tha aalam mai intikhaab rahtay thay hee jahaan…
Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed on my book
A lovely review of my book in the Daily Times by Ishtiaq Ahmed When Indians and Pakistanis visit each other, questions of identity, patriotism,…
Rumi’s Dilli
Here is a wonderful review of my book in India’s Frontline magazine The Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi is both an insider and an outsider…
Walk with a Dehlvi
Another review of my book, Delhi by heart, over at the Indian Express One thing that can be said about Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi…
Book review: Delhi of the past and the present
Here is a lovely review of my book, written by the esteemed Intizar Husain Raza Rumi tells us that he aspired to be an…
Delhi by heart: Writing “Home”
A review of my book, Delhi by heart, in the Express Tribune In candid tones, journalist and analyst Raza Rumi explores an Indian city,…
What do you read, my lord?
My book will be launched this Saturday. I can say that its going to be a big day in my quest to become a…
Book Review – Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District
There is usually too much romance, tragedy or judgment in books about South Asia’s sex workers Writing about the lives of “fallen women” is…
Travelogue (final) Entangled destinies
Contrary to the Mall culture booming across India, Khan Market is a high street experience. I am claustrophobic in Malls and therefore a place…
Travelogue (Part I) – Jammed in Delhi
The more we fight, the more similar we look. After the 2008 tragic incidents in Mumbai, the Indian and Pakistani media displayed their raw…
My Travels to Delhi
Finally, I wrote a piece on Delhi …… Delhi’s present day chaos cannot belittle its grand past, which created a civilisation and shaped the…
Ode to Benaras – Ghalib’s grand vision
The cancer of communalism and bigotry in South Asia continues to haunt us. These days, the Muslims are once again a subject of intense,…
The dilemma of an educated [Indian] Muslim youth
Saif Khalid, a patriotic Indian writes on the predicament of those who want to stay away from the missions, the purges and typecasting of Indian…
Delhi and Islamabad blasts: Deadly tale of two cities
A reader directed me to this lovely post. 13/09/08: A series of bomb blasts ripped through the crowded market places of Delhi claiming a…