Rauf Parekh
KARACHI is notorious for its lack of greenery and spring is barely noticeable in this concrete jungle. So is autumn!...
Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:41am
ASAD Muhammad Khan, who turned 91 on Sept 26 this year, is an eminent short story writer, playwright, translator and...
Published 20 Nov, 2023 07:03am
PALESTINE issue is basically a humanitarian one, and anyone and everyone with at least a little compassion would...
Published 13 Nov, 2023 09:19am
CAN a year pass by without any new books being published on Allama Iqbal? The question came to my mind when I knew ...
Published 06 Nov, 2023 05:16am
Though he died before the creation of Israel, the poet had written about the intentions about the British to give Palestine to the Jews.
Published 30 Oct, 2023 12:14pm
IN his poem ‘Shaam-o-Falasteen’ (Syria and Palestine), included in Zarb-i-Kaleem, Allama Iqbal says:
Published 30 Oct, 2023 07:06am
IMMEDIATELY after the announcement of coveted Kamal-i-Fun Award for 2021 last week, began the usual thunderous...
Published 23 Oct, 2023 07:01am
URDU alphabet has 54 letters, including 15 letters denoting aspirated sounds. The statement is often considered contentious
Published 16 Oct, 2023 07:01am
Compiled by Vasiullah Khokhar, Urdu Mufrad Af’aal Ki Farhang fulfils a gap in Urdu grammar.
Updated 09 Oct, 2023 10:31am
BAKAWALI was a beautiful girl who used to frolic with her seven beautiful female friends. Her real name was...
Published 02 Oct, 2023 08:07am
THE term orientalism has become a bit controversial in recent times. Some, such as Encyclopaedia Britannica, for...
Published 25 Sep, 2023 08:46am
DR KHURSHEED Rizvi is a living legend, though because of his modesty and unassuming ways he is little known outside...
Published 11 Sep, 2023 07:02am
JUST as William Wordsworth had written a preface to his Lyrical Ballads (1800, expanded in 1802), justifying his...
Published 04 Sep, 2023 07:54am
GENERAL perception about Punjab’s role in 1857 war of freedom is not so positive. It is perceived that not only ...
Published 28 Aug, 2023 08:39am
GONE are the days when Urdu’s literary magazines were something to talk about, something to cherish. Alas, no ...
Updated 21 Aug, 2023 08:45am
INTELLECTUAL snobbery has always been an integral part of Urdu’s literary psyche. Standards set by highbrows would...
Published 15 Aug, 2023 09:00am
CONTEMPORARY Urdu criticism has not only become clichéd but it is also divorced from reality. Critics don’t care...
Published 07 Aug, 2023 07:54am
SIR Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) is considered an authority on Mughal history, albeit not without reservations. A...
Published 31 Jul, 2023 10:27am
MIR Anees, one of the most awe-inspiring poets of Urdu, says: Laga raha hoon mazameen-i-nau ke phir ambaar Khabar...
Published 24 Jul, 2023 07:22am
HISTORY tells us that once we had some remarkable scholars, but we lost them and even forgot that
Published 17 Jul, 2023 08:20am
