Raja Gidh: Bano Qudsi’a attack on reason: Two decades ago when I arrived Punjab University, two titles were a must read. Students with a progressive bent of mind read and discussed Raja Anwar’s ‘Jhotay Roop Kay Darshan’ (Glimpses of Fake Beauty), a collection of
جگت بجیا چلی گئیں: ایسا لگ رہا ہے کہ گذشتہ برس جولائی سے اب تک کے آٹھ ماہ کے دوران آسمانوں پر بلاوے کی طلب اتنا زور پکڑ گئی ہے کہ یہ جملہ بھی کام نہیں کر پارہا ہے کہ ’ان کی رحلت
ممتاز مفتی کی “الکھ نگری” ۔ اجمل کمال: ممتاز مفتی کی ’’الکھ نگری‘‘ بلاشبہ ایک نہایت غیرمعمولی کتاب ہے ۔۔ کم و بیش اتنی ہی غیرمعمولی جتنا اس کا مصنف ہے یا اس کا موضوع۔ اسے ممتاز مفتی کی خودنوشت سوانح حیات کے دوسرے حصے کے طور
اردو سوشل میڈیا سمٹ: اردو سورس اور جامعہ کراچی نےآج ایک پرہجوم پریس کانفرنس میں پہلی بین القوامی اردو سوشل میڈیا سمٹ کا باضابطہ اعلان کر دیا ہے۔ یہ سمٹ 8 مئی 2015 بروز جمعہ جامعہ کراچی کے ایچ ای جے آڈیٹوریم میں
Ghalib: The Grand Poet from India – by AZ: Years ago when I needed a book that I held in great esteem to take the oath of allegiance to my adopted and beloved country the books that I instantly thought worthy of such deference were ‘The Complete
Remembering Mohsin Naqvi – by A Z: Mohsi Naqvi, a renowned Urdu poet, was gunned down at his home in Lahore on this day nineteen years ago (15 Jan 1996). He was 48 years old. Mohsin was also a consummate orator with the soul of a
شورش کاشمیری ایک عہد کا نام ہے – آصف زیدی: آغا شورش کاشمیری(1917- 1975) ایک مجموعہ صفات شخصیت تھے۔ صحافت، شعروادب، خطابت وسیاست ان چاروں شعبوں کے وہ شہسوار تھے۔ شورش کاشمیری ایک عہد کا نام ہے اورتاریخ کا درخشاں باب ہے، وہ مولانا ابوالکلام آزاد، مولانا ظفر
حیدرقریشی- شخصیت اور ادبی جہات: عبدالرب استادکو ڈاکٹریٹ کی ڈگری سے سرفراز کیا گیا ان کے تحقیقی مقالہ کا موضوع تھا حیدرقریشی- شخصیت اور ادبی جہات شعبہ اردو و فارسی گلبرگہ یونیورسٹی گلبرگہ سے عبدالرب استاد کو پی ایچ ڈی کے اعزاز سے سرفراز
Zulifqar Mirza versus MQM case (I) -by Manzur Ejaz: First of all let me state a disqualifier: All Urdu Speaking Muhajirs are not associated with MQM or religious parties of this ethnic group. The very fact that PPP candidates give a hard time to non-PPP/religious/ethnic politicians show that
To the admirers of Muhamad bin Qasim – by Danial Lakhnavi: Editor’s Note: The following article, “To the admirers of Muhamad bin Qasim” by Danial Lakhnavi takes a satirical look at the hyper-nationalist narrative of our urban chattering class. A significant part of this narrative involves eulogizing murderers and rapists
Free limits – By Nadeem F. Paracha: What on earth is ‘freedom of speech?’ This question has been raised on various TV channels, in the newspapers and on internet forums in Pakistan after some channels were sent spinning off the air, allegedly by ‘hooligans’ on the
The Angraizi Complex – by Hafsa Khawaja: Cross-posted from her blog Aamna Haider Isani had written an article for Instep by the title: ‘A New Body Language For Cricket!’. In it, she mentioned the joy of watching a win for Pakistan but something she wrote triggered
The Hindi-Urdu question – by Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer: A language always has a place of birth, a nation to speak and no religion, but the Indian Subcontinent is perhaps the only exception where language has a religion too. Not only the language but its nomenclature, the script
Pakistan’s first ‘tarana’ by Jagan Nath Azad: Related post: Jagan Nath Azad did not write Pakistan’s first national anthem – by Dr Safdar Mehmood Cross Posted from Beena Sarwar’s Blog Complete version of the tarana by the Lahore-based poet Jagan Nath Azad, who was asked by
The debate of national language: Famous Sindhi writer and Urdu columnist Amar Jaleel who recently appeared on Wussatullah’s show on Dawn News Urdu Service started a debate by saying that Jinnah was dragged or cornered into making the following speech, and somehow told Bengalis
The real ‘National’ languages – by NAD Pukhtunyar: The Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, while observing the following: 1 Pakistan is a state comprising five different ethnicities/nations; 2 The national, economic and cultural rights of all the nationalities are invoilable; 3 All institutions of the state such as
Urdu ka janazah hay zara dhoom se nikle – by Mosharraf Zaidi: Urdu kay aakhree lamhay Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Mosharraf Zaidi The glorious tales of wit, spirituality and love from Urdu’s golden age are sometimes so heavily infused with South Asian Latin (better known as Persian) that my generation of