The decline of reading books
George Raymond Richard Martin, who is an American novelist and short story teller, has rightly said that: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he...
Author : Dialogue Times
A bar of chocolate! A favourite shampoo!
And why not? What is wrong with it? We are humans. We all have a place in our hearts, the teeny-tiny shrine whose goddess likes...
The Kitten
My elder brother was fond of holding hands, so much so that no one could get out of his grip without crying and yelling....
Kithon Aayan Ae, Sohnia?
When my grandfather attacked Pakistan in 1947 commanding an army of four sons and two daughters who had marched from Raja Sansi, a village near...
My Beloved…
It happened on days when such things usually don’t happen. I was in a superstore trying to buy a razor because it was the ritual...
Zard Paneik Dair-
Book: Zard Paneki Dair Genre: Poetry Author: Nighat Sahiba Year of publication: 2016 Published by: Siyaq Publications ISBN: 97881931169-5-1 Pp: 145 Price: INR200 Reviewer: Perveiz...
False celebrations, fake independence : Muhammad Farooq Khan
Life in Balochistan is not less than a punishment. You are Pakistani, but you can not go to the beautiful beaches of Pasni and...
Our Norms or Arms? by SHUJAAT ELIA
In my early student life in University, once we were assigned to present a presentation on any topic. I suggested a topic related to our...
Lord Krishna – The Charioteer: Satyapal Anand
Slack fingers Holding the reins of his horses A charioteer Stands immobile in the driver’s seat. He seems to have lost his way A dust-covered...
The Rope Walker
The Circus-of-my-life series-1. A ROPE, STURDY, STRONG, AND TIGHT TIED TO TWO STREEL POLES, A LIFETIME ACROSS The narrowest bridge – One, that the Islamic...
When I am Seventy: Satyapal Anand
(Written originally in Urdu when I was forty years old. Now I am ninety) I’m not afraid of what I would say Not at all...
A Sneak Preview of One Hundred Buddhas Once In A Lifetime Poetry Book
No one has contributed more to the amazing life and teachings of Gautama Buddha than Satyapal Anand who comes to the realm of English poetry...
Shanakht: Identity of a Poet
Laugh in derision, my readers, but there’s much more than a grain of truth in this comment. What about other arts - music, for example?...
Crime and Punishment
(Originally written in Urdu) Once on every moonlit night He visited me – the angel . the reckoning auditor of all my deeds From him,...
Feminism: A movement to end sexism
I don’t know why a lot of people are afraid of women’s and girls’ rights. So many people send me messages on messenger not to...
LUCKNOW; THE LAST PHASE OF AN ORIENTAL CULTURE
During my conversation with Fakhir Hussain, I was told that Sharar had presupposed his readers to be from India not only with a fair knowledge...
The City of The Blind
Not a soul here To see a lovely phenomenon Like a bud breaking into a blooming smile A baby’s cheek, a flower petal Bedecking itself...
