The Antinomies of Aijaz Ahmad (1941 – 2022): From Ghalib to Gramsci
I heard about Aijaz Ahmad – who passed away at 81 earlier last month in the United States on March...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Captain, Comrade, Conspirator, Citizen: Zafar Ullah Poshni’s Vow of Loyalty
It so happened that I was reading the very readable WW2 memoir of Major Ishaq Muhammad on the 6th of...
From Maulana To Mao-Lana And Beyond: Bhashani’s Dream
Maulana Bhashani, who was born 141 years ago on December 12 yesterday, was the most important leader of that Pakistan...
Literary Master Of St. Petersburg: Feodor Dostoevsky At 200
The details of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s literary activities would merit an entire book. For fear of length, an extremely brief discussion...
The Two Hameeds Of Lahore
It was great to read a few days ago that the Lahore Arts Council is planning to celebrate the 2019...
In One Frame: The Murder, The Murderer And The Murdered
Translator’s note: Today marks the 70th anniversary of the untimely assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of...
Pakistan’s Calcitrant Communist: Abdullah Malik At 101
October this year is special for those in the Indian Subcontinent who profess to be on the Left and have...
‘In the City, The Mullah Roams Fearlessly’
Translator’s Introduction: September 30 earlier this week was International Translation Day while this week is also being celebrated as Banned...
‘In the City, The Mullah Roams Fearlessly’
Translator’s Introduction: September 30 earlier this week was International Translation Day while this week is also being celebrated as Banned...
Lyrical Leftist: Majrooh Sultanpuri At 102
‘Majrooh, likh rahe hain vo ahl-e-vafaa ke naam Hum bhi khade hue hain gunahgaar ki tarah (Majrooh, the names of...
The Seer Of China: Reading Lu Xun In Urdu, In The Centenary Year Of The CPC
Widely considered to be the father of modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun – born 140 years ago today – was...
Hajj Politics And Jamaat-e-Islami: Abdullah Malik’s Unposted Letter To Maulana Maududi
At moments when those who claim to lead the people have become determined to sell the people to such anti-people...
“Lament, For God’s Sake, Shun Artistry” – Ishrat Afreen To Mourners of Imam Hussain (AS)
The full Urdu text of Ishrat Afreen’s moving new poem Azadaran-e-Hussain Ke Naam (To the Mourners of Hussain) is as...
Juggler of Amritsar: Zaheer Kashmiri (1919-1994)
Hamen khabar hai ke hum hain charagh-e-akhir-e-shab Hamare baad andhera nahi ujala hai (We know that we are the lamp...
Her 81st Birthday: On and About Kishwar Naheed
MANASHINI M. SPEAKS TO RAZA NAEEM
Farewell Sumbul Shahid (19529 – 2021): Melodious Girl Flowing in an Ocean of Rhythm – II
SKETCH BY NEELUM AHMAD BASHEER – TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY RAZA NAEEM
Farewell Sumbul Shahid (19529 – 2021): Melodious Girl Flowing in an Ocean of Rhythm
SKETCH BY NEELUM AHMAD BASHEER – TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY RAZA NAEEM
Robert Owen at 250: Prophet of New Harmony
Robert Owen (1771 – 1858), a founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement, was born in Wales 250 years...
The Life and Times of Baba Bagloos – IV
RAZA NAEEM TRANSLATES THE STORY THAT MUSTANSAR HUSSAIN TARAR WROTE AS A METAPHOR FOR THE ZIA ERA, PRISON BRUTALITY AND...
The Life and Times of Baba Bagloos – III
RAZA NAEEM TRANSLATES THE STORY THAT MUSTANSAR HUSSAIN TARAR WROTE AS A METAPHOR FOR THE ZIA ERA, PRISON BRUTALITY AND...
The Life and Times of Baba Bagloos – II
RAZA NAEEM TRANSLATES THE STORY THAT MUSTANSAR HUSSAIN TARAR WROTE AS A METAPHOR FOR THE ZIA ERA, PRISON BRUTALITY AND...
The Life and Times of Baba Bagloos
RAZA NAEEM TRANSLATES THE STORY THAT MUSTANSAR HUSSAIN TARAR WROTE AS A METAPHOR FOR THE ZIA ERA, PRISON BRUTALITY AND...
Farewell I.A. Rehman: Pakistan’s Awakener is now at Rest
I.A. Rehman, Pakistan’s renowned journalist and human rights icon passed away earlier this month on April 12 at the age...
Interpreting Pakistan, Changing the World: Hamza Alavi (1921 – 2003)
Stop all the clocks ... let the mourners come. (WH Auden) April 10 earlier this month marked the birth centenary...
Poet of a Few Moments: Sahir Ludhianvi at 100 – II
Sahir Ludhianvi made his place among Urdu Progressive poets with Taj Mahal, where for the first time the past was...
Poet of a Few Moments: Sahir Ludhianvi at 100 – I
Before he was Sahir Ludhianvi, Abdul Hai (1921-80) was born in a family of Punjabi landowners a hundred years ago...
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Message Of The Madman
In literature, Existentialism starts from Dostoyevsky’s famous maxim...
Lahore Court Sentences Christian Man To Death After Convicting Him Of Blasphemy
A court in Lahore has sentenced a young...