Stories by Rauf Parekh

Literary Notes: Writers’ idiosyncrasies and Mushfiq Khwaja’s unvarnished truths

MUSHFIQ Khwaja (1935-2005) was one of those scholars who never flinched under any pressure and expressed their ... Updated 27 Jul, 2026 08:46am

Literary Notes: George Ranking: doctor who became Urdu lexicographer

THE Dictionary of National Biography, popularly known as the DNB, is a monumental work that features, in over 60... Published 20 Jul, 2026 06:49am

Literary Notes: Salaciousness, Prem Chand’s works and Urdu in India

URDU poetry is weathering a new trend in India: salacious thoughts expressed in risqué language, not only trampling... Published 13 Jul, 2026 06:58am

Literary Notes: Literary and cultural bodies or commercial ventures?

WHEN an audit team raised a strange objection in its annual audit report on the working of Lahore’s... Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:00am

Literary Notes: Saleem Jafer, his anonymity & literary works

SHAMSUR Rahman Farooqi in his novel Kai Chaand Thai Sar-i-Aasmaan had described Saleem Jafer’s life, but it lacked... Published 29 Jun, 2026 08:32am

Literary Notes: New book evaluates Haqqee’s Farhang-i-Talaffuz

SHANUL Haq Haqqee (1917-2005), one of the foremost lexicographers of Urdu, played a pioneering role in laying down... Published 22 Jun, 2026 07:03am

literary notes : Literary luminaries’ letters to Rasheed Hasan Khan

RASHEED Hasan Khan (1925-2006) was one of the most respected — and most feared — scholars of Urdu. Known for his... Published 15 Jun, 2026 05:58am

literary notes: History of Urdu journalism: rare articles compiled

WILLIAM Caxton established the first printing press in England and printed the first book in 1473, thereby ... Published 08 Jun, 2026 06:54am

Literary Notes: Akhter Husain Raipuri and his short stories

‘ADAB Aur Zindagi’, or literature and life, an article by Akhter Husain Raipuri published in 1935, was one of ... Published 01 Jun, 2026 07:29am

Literary Notes: Punjab govt must review Bazm-i-Iqbal’s case

LAHORE’S Bazm-i-Iqbal — a literary organisation working under the aegis of the Punjab government for the... Published 25 May, 2026 07:05am

Literary Notes: ‘Neela Gumbad’ and other historic monuments of Lahore

NEELA Gumbad, or the blue dome, is a monument near Lahore’s famous Anarkali Bazaar. The 17th-century structure is... Published 18 May, 2026 07:53am

Literary Notes: A controversial book on Iqbal annotated, reprinted

DESPITE some controversies, Saleem Ahmed (1927-1983) is ranked among prominent and influential critics of Urdu. When... Published 11 May, 2026 07:31am

literary notes: Teerath Ram Firozpuri: once a popular writer, now forgotten

FAME is a shadow that shifts gradually, almost imperceptibly, but shift it does for sure. Often it takes decades, ... Published 04 May, 2026 06:33am

Literary Notes: World Book Day and an Urdu book on rhetorical devices

“BOOKS are on their way to extinction”, cynics declare ceremoniously. “Urdu books! who reads them anyway?”,... Updated 27 Apr, 2026 08:08am

literary notes: Intercollegiate Muslim Brotherhood, rare articles and Allama Iqbal

ESTABLISHING political, religious, literary and social organisations was quite a rage in the subcontinent in the ... Published 20 Apr, 2026 07:04am

Literary Notes: Waris Sarhindi: an unsung lexicographer of Urdu

SIRHIND, pronounced Sar-hind, is a city in Indian Punjab. In Mughal era, Sirhind was considered among the big cities... Updated 13 Apr, 2026 09:46am

Literary Notes: Karachi’s humourists know how to laugh despite miseries

“EVERYTHING is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else,” Will Rogers once quipped. But most humourists... Published 06 Apr, 2026 08:54am

Literary Notes: G. D. Pybus and his book on Urdu prosody & rhetoric

JABIR Ali Syed (1923-1985) in his book Lisani-o-Aroozi Maqaalaat (National Language Authority, Islamabad, 1989), or... Published 30 Mar, 2026 08:30am

Literary Notes: Iran’s history, culture and literature: an anthology to cherish

IMPRISONMENT of writers and poets is not something unusual and history tells us that putting authors behind bars has... Published 23 Mar, 2026 07:04am

Literary Notes: Letter-writing in Urdu and Rajab Ali Baig Suroor

FASANA-I-AJAAIB, one of the Urdu’s most acclaimed specimens of ornate and embellished prose, was written in 1240... Published 16 Mar, 2026 07:05am