Harris Khalique

“In all of the eminent was the quality of a singularly uncritical era. It was a time when a prominent man could form himself on a Published 18 Sep, 2022 08:56am

In 2020, when the first wave of Covid-19 had brought the world to a halt, I received an email from Christopher... Published 28 Aug, 2022 04:25am

Civil society organisations have raised their voices in favour of minorities, women, workers, and the protection of community... Published 14 Aug, 2022 07:12am

In search of dusty old books that no one else had picked up from obscure shelves for many years, my classmate Robert... Published 07 Aug, 2022 12:17pm

Translation is an art. It gets more demanding when one is translating creative prose or poetry from one language into another. Published 10 Jul, 2022 03:14am

We live in the age of fiction but — perhaps because of this certain part of the world to which we belong and the... Published 05 Jun, 2022 10:34am

Hoori Noorani of the publishing house Maktaba-e-Danyal told me some months ago that she had found some fascinating... Published 15 May, 2022 09:35am

It is ironic that when politicians in power are facing the Ides of March, the literary community in Pakistan is... Published 27 Mar, 2022 07:06am

In India, Lahore has a unique place in most people’s imagination... Published 27 Feb, 2022 07:07am

Global human society deals constantly with a plethora of contradictions that evolve into conflicts, which then... Published 06 Feb, 2022 07:04am

In 1987, it was the month of November when my classmate Ashraf Noor and I bunked our scheduled visit to a factory in... Published 09 Jan, 2022 07:16am

I consider the translation of literary works a great service to humanity, yet the effort put into translation seldom... Published 19 Dec, 2021 07:05am

In these times of death, disease, depression and sorrow, we have lost many literary stalwarts, from Shamsur Rahman... Published 21 Nov, 2021 07:32am

Masjid Qasim Ali Khan is a historic landmark in the city of Peshawar. Built in the late 17th century, this 350-year... Published 03 Oct, 2021 07:11am

There are three women Urdu poets — long settled in North America now — who continue to surprise and elate their... Published 19 Sep, 2021 09:43am

In the early 14th century, Shaikh Mahmoud Shabistari wrote Gulshan-i-Raaz [Garden of Secrets], an epic poem in... Published 15 Aug, 2021 05:34am

From the late 19th century, humanity began to move faster than it ever had before in history towards specialisation... Published 25 Jul, 2021 07:02am

Naheed and Riaz altered the literary landscape for women writers who came after them... Published 27 Jun, 2021 06:53am

In Urdu, the genre of khaaka nigari [sketch writing] has evolved its own distinct style when we compare it to what ... Published 06 Jun, 2021 06:32am

This year marks the 200th birth anniversary of Charles Baudelaire, creator of Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of ... Published 09 May, 2021 07:06am