Harris Khalique

COLUMN: AUTHORS AND WAR

COLUMN: AUTHORS AND WAR

In the works of Urdu’s prominent poet and cultural historian Farrukh Yar, the compositeness of South Asian civilisation and its... Updated 11 May, 2025 02:17pm
COLUMN: LITERATURE AND POLITICS

COLUMN: LITERATURE AND POLITICS

When it comes to art’s relationship with power, history is replete with instances where artists have sucked up to power. However Updated 27 Apr, 2025 11:25am
COLUMN: ONE OCTAVE TO ANOTHER

COLUMN: ONE OCTAVE TO ANOTHER

In Pakistan and among the Pakistani diaspora, it is heartening to see the strong emergence of a new generation of gifted English Published 30 Mar, 2025 07:47am
COLUMN: FLOWERS IN A MIRROR

COLUMN: FLOWERS IN A MIRROR

Many years ago, the late poet, critic and broadcaster Qamar Jameel scribed his poetry collection Chahaar Khwaab [Four Dreams] for Published 09 Mar, 2025 09:12am
COLUMN: YARDSTICKS OF LIFE

COLUMN: YARDSTICKS OF LIFE

At the 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the two incisive keynote speeches in the inaugural session, by F.S.... Updated 09 Mar, 2025 09:11am
COLUMN: CHRONICLES OF SINDH

COLUMN: CHRONICLES OF SINDH

In Jamshoro, a couple of months ago, I had a chance to visit the M.H. Panhwar Institute of Sindh Studies. The... Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:35am
COLUMN: SHERSHAH AND THE PMA HOUSE

COLUMN: SHERSHAH AND THE PMA HOUSE

Our ace poet Ahmed Mushtaq writes: “Yeh hain naey loagon ke ghar, sach hai ab inn ko kya khabar/ Dil bhi kisi ka... Updated 26 Jan, 2025 09:33am
COLUMN: SARMAD SEHBAI IN ENGLISH

COLUMN: SARMAD SEHBAI IN ENGLISH

The novel from Sehbai proves once again that, for him, art is a continuum with no beginning and no end. Art keeps grow Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
Column: The illustrious Zaheers

Column: The illustrious Zaheers

Although Noor Zaheer shares the broad outlines of the same political ideology and their progressive literary bent, Published 24 Nov, 2024 10:23am
COLUMN: ADIEU, RAHAT SAEED

COLUMN: ADIEU, RAHAT SAEED

The prolific and leading English author from the past century E.M. Forster famously wrote: “Two cheers for... Published 03 Nov, 2024 10:16am
COLUMN: THE FIRE OF LUCKNOW

COLUMN: THE FIRE OF LUCKNOW

Out of the three principal centres of Indo-Persian civilisation that evolved from a fusion of multiple Vedic and... Published 13 Oct, 2024 09:32am
COLUMN: THE TWO AESTHETES

COLUMN: THE TWO AESTHETES

I begin with the confession that this column is limited to being a family memory. It is about my maternal uncle and... Published 01 Sep, 2024 06:31am
Art’s relationship with power

Art’s relationship with power

Eos presents a thought-provoking keynote speech by Harris Khalique, delivered at the closing ceremony of the 11th Karachi Literature Festival 2020. Published 14 Aug, 2024 11:18am
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IN PAKISTAN

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IN PAKISTAN

For more than seven decades, Pakistan and Pakistanis have harboured a unique ability to discriminate against people on every possible metric. Updated 11 Aug, 2024 10:25pm
COLUMN: MY LAHORE BOOKSHOPS

COLUMN: MY LAHORE BOOKSHOPS

In the 1990s, I first met Rana Abdul Rehman. His body was found a few days ago in a canal near Faisalabad. Published 22 Jul, 2024 07:59am
COLUMN: RAGING TORRENTS OF THE HEART

COLUMN: RAGING TORRENTS OF THE HEART

Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, the celebrated scion of the Patiala gharana [clan] of our classical music, did wonders when he took to Published 30 Jun, 2024 08:25am
COLUMN: MEMORIES ARE FOREVER

COLUMN: MEMORIES ARE FOREVER

What an actor, director, broadcaster and conversationalist Talat Hussain was, truly iconic in so many ways. Just the right pauses Published 09 Jun, 2024 08:57am
COLUMN: ART AND SUFFERING

COLUMN: ART AND SUFFERING

I wish to begin this piece with the lines that Hasan Zaidi quoted to end his essay on Paul Auster in Books and... Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
COLUMN: THE MIRROR AND THE MANTLE

COLUMN: THE MIRROR AND THE MANTLE

The British actor, director, playwright and critic Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946) writes in one of his famous prefaces to... Published 07 Apr, 2024 07:50am
COLUMN: FATHERHOOD BEYOND LANGUAGES

COLUMN: FATHERHOOD BEYOND LANGUAGES

In early 2007 in London, there was a sombre evening when Prof Amin Mughal and I met, a few months after my father’s passing in... Published 17 Mar, 2024 07:56am