Rauf Parekh

‘Polymath’ is a word derived from Greek roots and it means, literally, ‘having learned much’, says Concise... Published 10 Jan, 2022 05:58am

We know that writers and poets are a restless lot, at least intellectually if not physically... Published 03 Jan, 2022 07:20am

TEXTUAL criticism, as defined by Britannica, is “the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their original form”. Published 27 Dec, 2021 07:50am

Few critics of Urdu have been as controversial as Kaleemuddin Ahmad had become in his lifetime. Published 20 Dec, 2021 07:54am

IN the history of the Indo-Pak subcontinent, some rebellious movements will all be remembered for successfully... Published 07 Dec, 2021 07:17am

Deccan or Dakan, also spelt Dakkan and Dakhan, literally means south. The region lies in southern parts of the... Published 22 Nov, 2021 07:27am

BALOCHISTAN is Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area, but it is the least populated one. In spite of being... Published 15 Nov, 2021 07:35am

‘PAS Che Bayad Kard Aye Aqvaam-i-Sharq’ (or ‘Then What Should Be Done O Nations of the East’) is a Persian... Published 08 Nov, 2021 08:26am

MIR Taqi Mir in one of his couplets said about Delhi: Published 01 Nov, 2021 07:20am

TWO pieces published in these columns lately discussed plagiarism and gave some blatant examples of the literary... Published 25 Oct, 2021 07:06am

IS popularity of an author any benchmark to go by when deciding on the literary greatness? Dr Amjad Tufail, while... Published 19 Oct, 2021 06:55am

EVERY language changes over the centuries — phonologically, lexically and grammatically — and the process is... Updated 12 Oct, 2021 12:59pm

“YOUR manuscript is good and original, but what is original is not good and what is good is not original,” goes... Published 04 Oct, 2021 06:56am

STEALING an idea, words or literary work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism, say... Published 27 Sep, 2021 06:58am

MIR Taqi Mir (1722/23-1810) is undoubtedly one of the greatest poets of Urdu and is ranked among such greats as... Published 20 Sep, 2021 07:13am

‘The Tale of Genji’, or Genji Monogatari, is often called ‘the world’s first novel’, albeit not without... Published 13 Sep, 2021 06:30am

A Pakistani diplomat’s recollections of his experiences in the foreign service often leave the reader enveloped in a deep air of Published 12 Sep, 2021 11:23am

NAJEEB Ashraf Nadvi was a research scholar, critic, translator and pedagogue, whose discoveries and editing of rare... Published 30 Aug, 2021 07:02am

DURING the British Raj in the subcontinent, English began to borrow words from local languages. Most of this... Published 23 Aug, 2021 06:46am

MOULVI Abdul Haq, often reverently called Baba-i-Urdu, or Father of Urdu, died on Aug 16, 1961 — exactly 60 years... Published 16 Aug, 2021 06:51am