Birds, trees, native sounds, mountains and rural landscape are the soul of Raja Sadiqulla’s poems
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"He has not returned to his old Florence, even after having died" lamented Anna Akhmatova for Dante. It was a poet’s tribute to her fellow...
In a story Ghussay Ki Nai Fasl, Asad Muhammad Khan tells us about a religious sect called ‘Mardoozy’. The followers of the sect believe...
The relationship between India and Pakistan fraught with mistrust, suspicion and misgivings has also at times broken out into open hostility. For...
Intizar HusainShort story writer and novelist The book most worth-mentioning is Gopi Chand Narang’s Ghalib -- Maani Afrini, Jadliati Waza,...
Writers and artists have always battled for free expression against radical elements. Across history, suppression in the name of righteousness and...
Nostalgia works wonders; it leads one’s memory into fantastic channels. Nostalgia creates its own euphoria. Thus it is that, nostalgically, in...
At the end of the year, it makes a fitting farewell to write about one prize that shines every year. This year the Nobel in Literature went to Alice...
Pakistan abounds in literary forums, boards, academies, foundations and organisations: The National Language Authority, National Book Foundation,...