I finally moved here – “You lack a foot to travel?”
Moving from the wordpress blog is proving to be more excruciating than I had thought. In addition, being technically challenged does not help either.…
Nahaj ul Balagha – Looking back to Get Ahead
Fahmida Riaz is Pakistan’s premier female poet. She became a sensation in the early 1970s when her bold, feminist poetry created a stir in…
Hazrat Ali’s letter on governance and citizenship
The common stories about Islam or Muslims have to do with the chopping of arms and killing of infidels. We are told that Muslims…
What goes around…No more saviours please
Now that the wheel has turned its back yet again, there is much to ponder. There are many who are saying that this is…
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.…
October 18: Attack on Benazir Bhutto’s rally at Karsaz, Karachi (From the archives)
Despite the Tragedy, Extremism Will be Fought by Pakistanis Published October 20, 2007 (blogcritics) 180 are dead and more than 500 injured in Karachi…
I bow before the image of my Love
I bow before the image of my Love No Muslim I But an idolater I bow before the image of my Love And worship…
On the “death of Pakistani culture”
Khaled Ahmed is the endangered variety of writers. A true man of letters proficient in world languages, histories and cultures, he is a journalist…
Inhospitable Reception
“While the ‘easy-white-woman’ stereotype is being reinforced, how can Pakistan become a tourist destination?” Conversing with Charlotte is always a pleasure. She’s original and…
Qurratulain Hyder -End of an Era
The death of Qurratulain Hyder marks the end of an era of the finest writing in Urdu. Hyder, also known as Ainee Apa, dominated…
Qurratulain Hyder is dead!
I have been upset the entire day. Perhaps it does not matter in the larger scheme of things. But this is a sad, sad…
Nazmain Chand – Poems for 15th August
Happy Independence day to the Indian friends and readers! Today’s post comprises a few poems that may capture several moods and facets of the…
A recent Book on Faiz Ahmed Faiz
The monthly Herald has published my review of Khalid Hasan’s book – “O City of Lights” in its June issue. It is a comprehensive…
By: inder salim
thanks for the comment on my post on Lal Ded in my blog i have responded a little there…. your blog is a treat……
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…
Dhaka by degrees
How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. -William Shakespeare I grew up in the post-East…
By: Shaheen Sultan Dhanji