Syed Nomanul Haq

Experts tell us there are at least 200 versions of the text in more than 50 languages. However, standard accounts of the fable’... Published 29 Jan, 2023 06:23am

This is Mir Taqi Mir, invoking the candle and moth symbolism — something ubiquitous in classical Urdu poetry. Indeed, it is found Published 27 Nov, 2022 06:23am

What makes Kazmi unique is the dignity and the ever-so-soft aesthetic embodiment he gives to his pain. Published 25 Sep, 2022 11:53am

I have written more than once about a fascinating, deeply meaningful and yet, at first glance, somewhat odd beseeching of a very Published 01 May, 2022 10:01am

The 11th-12th century polymath, Abu Hamid Ghazali (known in the mediaeval Latin West as Algazel, and sometimes as... Published 20 Mar, 2022 07:17am

Despite his belligerence, his frequent quarrels and abruptness, and his preoccupation with the weird, frightening... Updated 12 Dec, 2021 02:59pm

This is how Faiz softens human suffering, turning chains into silk threads. It is supremely remarkable that here is an acti... Updated 24 Oct, 2021 11:45am

Never have I come across a single student who fails to understand Urdu... Published 05 Sep, 2021 07:15am

Dilip Kumar is not merely the screen name of a single historical individual, Yusuf Khan of Peshawar. It designates a... Published 18 Jul, 2021 07:08am

Classical textual sources report an intriguing anecdote in the generally adventurous life of the philosophical giant... Published 30 May, 2021 07:05am

Seeking a metaphor to describe Ghalib, we must recognise that he himself is its superb craftsman... Updated 21 Feb, 2021 12:51pm

As far as I am concerned, I know Western literature, but I do not feel belittled by it.”... Updated 03 Jan, 2021 03:50pm

The one whose spring would be this, then its autumn — do not ask! Updated 15 Nov, 2020 12:57pm

This year is the 1,000th anniversary of Ferdowsi’s death, the epic poet whose magnificent Shahnama has shaped not only culture Published 04 Oct, 2020 08:39am

How interesting, it is a text that begets aesthetic expressions in the sphere of visual creativity. Today, the several hundred... Updated 09 Aug, 2020 07:29am

Asif Farrukhi left us. When I heard the news from my younger sister, it seemed to me that the whole realm of being had come to a grinding halt... Published 14 Jun, 2020 06:16am

Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that… Updated 19 Apr, 2020 01:06pm

Faiz spoke about prison, chain, lock, fire and scheming political leaders in his very first collection of pre-Pakistan.. Published 09 Feb, 2020 06:58am

Ahmad Faraz, the poet whose words delivered young hearts into a frenzied gallop, has himself been dwindling into... Published 03 Nov, 2019 07:02am

Many years ago, in the bustling urban anarchy of Harvard Square, sprawled just outside the Harvard University ... Published 30 Jun, 2019 07:06am