Of Mind, Body, Sanity And Love: Iffat Navaid’s Autobiography
Sylvia Plath questioned and wrote the most beautiful poetry, writer Iffat Navaid wrote her biography marveling on her husband's body-mind...
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Poetry
Lahore Sings Its Heart Out
Lahore saw its musicians and singers come together to raise funds for flood victims at a mehfil organised and hosted...
A Poem For The Women Of Iran
Oh Mullah, our hair locks turn into Flags You can’t hide yourselves behind the hijab of your beards We’ve revolted...
Intimations Of Ghalib: Translations That Are Not Hindered By The Literal
Many moons ago, I received Intimations of Ghalib, a slim volume of translations of the timeless verse by the great...
Interpreting Faiz: A Distant Lover’s Memory or the Longing for a Utopian State?
Introduction Iss waqt yun lagta hai ke kuchh bhi nahi hai, mehtaab na sooraj, na andhera na sawera are some...
Madho Lal Hussain: Saint Of Lights
In Lahore, the city of saints, one of the most revered Sufi-poets is Shah Hussain, whose short poems in the...
The World Of The Urdu Sonnet
It is rare to come across a writer who is so devoted to the written word that she cares far...
Translating The Ghazal Of Ghazals: Amir Khusrau’s ‘Zihaal e Miskeen’
Poetry often bypasses the conventions of connotation, flexes the rigidity of common contextual structures and eventually reinvigorates language itself by...
Of Faith And Reason In Harmony: Ejaz Rahim’s Epic Journey
It is a daunting task to draw a circle around Ejaz Rahim’s latest book of English poetry. Gardens of Secrets...
Poet Of The Desert: Khwaja Ghulam Farid
Punjab has a rich literary tradition in Sufi poetry. The Punjabi language has a uniquely candid way to express the...
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...
Deciphering Ghalib For A New Age
Anjum Altaf is a respected Pakistani academic who has delved deep into the poetry of the 19th-century Urdu poet Asadullah...
“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...
Dr. Waheed Jatoi’s Work On The Poetry Of G. Allana Is A True Labour Of Love
Love is the most powerful driving force on the planet. It compels the human being to do what otherwise would...
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...
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...
Shaikh Ayaz: Voice of Sindh – III
RAZA NAEEM DESCRIBES HIM AS A REVOLUTIONARY POET WHOSE HEAD WAS CROWNED WITH PENALTIES
Shaikh Ayaz: Voice of Sindh – II
RAZA NAEEM DESCRIBES HIM AS A REVOLUTIONARY POET WHOSE HEAD WAS CROWNED WITH PENALTIES
Shaikh Ayaz: Voice of Sindh – I
RAZA NAEEM DESCRIBES HIM AS A REVOLUTIONARY POET WHOSE HEAD WAS CROWNED WITH PENALTIES
Two Worlds of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
BY PARVEZ MAHMOOD
Farewell Naseer Turabi (1945-2021)
RAZA NAEEM ON THE UNSUNG POET WHOSE LONE GHAZAL HUMSAFAR WAS SUNG ON REPEAT
Sardar in the Soirée – II
Raza Naeem remembers the giant of progressive poetry Ali Sardar Jafri, 20 years on
Poem: Hamare dum se hai ab abroo-e-daar-o-rassan
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Sardar in the Soirée – I
Raza Naeem remembers the giant of progressive poetry Ali Sardar Jafri, 20 years on
Chhappan Chhuri: Kishwar Naheed At 80
Original text by Ahmad Bashir, translated by Raza Naeem
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Student Politics: Struggle Between Dissent And Conformity
This time of year, the student solidarity march...
The Death Of Literature
With the advancement in technology, there is a...