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A poet’s reflections on twilight days and Delhi nights
Leave us here in our women’s chambers leave us here so secure chewing the lotus with lotus maiden amidst the fumes of a suspended past that waft away an uncertain future space so marble-cooled illusions so...April 7, 2019 1186 0 -
A poet’s tribute to NZ PM Jacinda Ardern
A Pakistani poet has beautifully expressed sentiments of many in the Muslim community with a thought-provoking tribute to the brave and honest leadership of New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern in the aftermath of massacres in...March 26, 2019 2094 1 -
A poet’s reflections on the Khyber Pass
At the Khyber Pass There is nothing spectacular or even dramatic in the climb or the mountains but the air is almost tense in its silence so insolently indifferent to me and my times here:...March 20, 2019 1052 0 -
A tribute to Ghalib’s beautiful mind
A visual projection of Ghalib, Credit: Anwaraj/Wikimedia Commons In the preface to his book, Dr. Gopi Chand Narang says: “Ghalib’s poetical construct supports unqualified freedom of the human spirit. His dialectical discourse is an indication of...April 11, 2018 2596 1 -
Widening Inequality: Richest 1% of global population received 82% of wealth in 2017
Photo: A child at Srimangal Railway station, Credit: Biovit/Wikimedia Commons The number of billionaires expanded to a new record in 2017, and so did poverty and inequality, a new study shows.. The richest 1% of the...January 22, 2018 1097 0 -
The unsung heroes who sing Rumi in the deserts of Pakistan
Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan Photo Tahsin Shah/Wikimedia Commons If the western media outlets are to be believed, little but murder and mayhem comes out of Pakistan. The images that dominate are those of men...December 9, 2017 2816 3
