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A little girl, with a smiling face and tattered clothes on her.   Bare-footed, she walks slowly on the carpeted road.    Watching around luxury vehicles   loaded with   the aristocracy,   Lost in their own...

A force of such might it sets me free A light so bright it blinds me I heard it in the voice of the nightingale I know it was in the hearts of the wise I...

December is back back with its grey skies, and glacial cold.   An old man holding a mug sips hot coffee, lost in thoughts.   Dreaming of the olden days, the charming ways.   Once he...

Sean Connery, the actor who originally played the role of British secret agent James Bond 007, and later outgrew that influence to star in multiple roles, passed away on Saturday aged 90. Connery rocketed to fame...

British colonialism in the Indian subcontinent has long been a fierce topic of debate. Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and the British all have their own deeply held personal thoughts about the long-lasting impact that the British Raj...

“You are a swing and I am a shadow, I wish to surge with you”. When Jawaid saw that record lying in the shop of a dealer in the old wares, he recalled the scattered memories...

Butterfly! A colorful moth,   moving around flowers, laying out its shades, here and there, everywhere.   Singing and twittering, tweets of joy, tweets of love, leaving a message – Life is too short, Just a...

First Love It was love at first sight —and it was true with the breathless passion that the years could not dim and like a faithful lover I have returned again and again Half a century...

Some years ago while working on an academic project with Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, I noticed a small book on the shelf. I began leafing through it...

Posing nude for a Zahoor painting was a privilege, an event for any woman. For a complete portrait is a reflection of the heart’s innermost emotions, pain and wisdom interpreted onto the rough surface of the...