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The poem beginning with the clap of thunder
Votive Peregrination The clap of thunder and jagged silence riding high in a momentary calm of synthetic awe. To witness emotions drilled in Time and fossilized like the luminous eyes of the loved ones now gone...June 27, 2019 1064 0 -
‘The Dragonfly and Other Poems’ reflects on Mashal Khan, blinded Kashmiris and much more
There is something about the old Frontier Province which lifts the heart when crossing the Attock into the land of the Pukhtun; the poet awakens. That is what Sir Evelyn Howell, the outstanding Pukhtunphile, wrote; or...June 16, 2019 1393 0 -
A poet’s anguish: ‘They are taking them away’
sullen shine the stars the moon in agony aloof so still stand the palm trees the seasons are bearing my dreams away sanity suspended while all the dark horrors of the mind uncoil slowly snakely settle...June 2, 2019 707 0 -
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 1118 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 2043 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 1002 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 2530 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 1044 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 2759 3
