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…
Insider’s Indonesia
Lush green vistas and the eclectic Javanese culture, the breathtaking Bali coastline and the curiously composite Islamic identity of the country made up my…
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…
Karachi – “Bright Lights”
Each time one visits Karachi the sprawling metropolis seems more run down. Crumbling infrastructure, notwithstanding the recent improvements, and a sense of neglect are…
Visiting Dhaka- “We are strangers now?”
The warmth of people and the magic of old Dhaka overwhelms you. Having said that, Dhaka is bursting on the seams with a gushing…
By: Asmapk
This site is a treasure trove of information with so many dimensions to it. The mellow background sporting an amazing selection of paintings creates…
By: Tahir Yazdani Malik
Kucha Kakayzai One small residential district in the walled city of Lahore, incidently is still well preserved . The early Kakayzais who settled in…
Amrita Shergil’s Lahore
Khalid Hasan writing for the Friday Times: Amrita Sher Gil was once asked by Iqbal Singh, who was to write her biography 43 years…
By: Obaid Qureshi
Just discovered your site…. I am very much interested to re-visit it in detail. There is so much more in it than I had…
By: Amit C
Raza, your blog is becoming this enormous repository of amazing stuff — photographs, poetry, historical narratives, thoughtful opinion — about some of the things…
By: Kanwal
Salam! Can you please telle me when Shah Shams Tabrez urs are in Multan?…
By: burraq
Assalam o alaykum Mr Rumi, i loved ur website it contain all tht i want, i want u to put more rumi’s poetry. Anyways,…
By: zobaria
Thank you for your words of encouragement at terminal therapy. I am really glad to make your acquaintance and I can see that I…
Public Sculptures of Lahore – cross posted at All Things Pakistan
I am glad that Adil Najam posted my piece on the public sculptures of Lahore on his blog – All Things Pakistan. It was…
By: razarumi
Dear Bhopale, Ghaus, Osama, Wajahat and Mahi Many thanks for visiting this space and leaving comments. This is most encouraging!…
By: Meher
Hello, I came across your website when I was searching for an image of Jehangir’s wine cup. It has been a pleasure to be…
By: rubeena