Category : Articles
Roger Scruton: A conservative of different creed – Dr. Akhtar Ali Syed
First time I got to know Sir Roger Scruton (1944-2020) in the 1980s when I read his article on R. D. Laing in his famous...
In memory of Tanvir Gondal (Dr. Lal Khan.. June 1956-Feb. 2020)
By Alan Woods I have just heard the sad news of the death of Tanvir Gondal, a dear friend and comrade of mine. Although he...
Babar’s Autobiography – A new translation by HASAN BEG
By Dr. Satya Pal Anand Of a dozen or so books that I bought in Delhi, where I landed on my way back from Turkey,...
FROM SIR SAYED TO IQBAL
Dr. Satyapal Anand Indeed, I have read so many books on the Muslim renaissance in India from the nineteenth century to the inception of the...
Akhter Ahsen’s perspective of consciousness and psychotherapy
By Akhter Ali Syed Dr. Akhter Ahsen (1933-2018) was a polymath; he made manifold contribution to different domains of knowledge. However, his primary field of...
The Political Philosophy of Maqbool Butt
By Nayyar N Khan Each month in Jammu Kashmir’s tempestuous political history tells us of nail-biting stories of death and despair but the month of...
Why I Stand with Sharjeel Imam
One who blames Sharjeel Imam and asks for his ‘blood’, should rethink one's view. To feel Sarjeel's pain, one has to see things in a...
Dervishes’ Inn…Eleventh Dream
Eleventh Dream Love and Dreams Never Let You Exhaust 18th May 2018 It is holy month of Ramadan here. This is a busy month for...
Dark Side Up…Anne Henderson..Review by Naeem Ashraf
DARK SIDE UP Anne Henderson Commentary by Naeem Ashraf There is a famous quote: “Never wish for something, because you might get it.” Here “get...
Davinder Singh embodies the dark, dirty underbelly of Kashmir’s security apparatus
Courtesy: Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal On January 11, Davinder Singh, a deputy superintendent of the Jammu and Kashmir police, was arrested while ferrying two terrorists and...
Revisiting the hanging of Afzal Guru
Courtesy Arundhati Roy On 11 January 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir Police forces arrested one of their own—Davinder Singh, a deputy superintendent posted in the...
Five Love Languages..Naeem Ashraf
Honorable Translated by Naeem Ashraf “Cursed was the man who attached bodily needs to the honor of a person. So called ‘honor’ is quite fragile...
Dervishes’ Inn….Tenth Dream
Daughter of Heavenly Father and Son of Mother Earth 15th May 2018 Dervish presents Adaab to Rabia! Having read Rabia’s reference to ‘the world of...
Role of Litterateur in Pakistan
By Saeed Sadhu translated by Fatima Saleem Mirza (An extremely crisp piece of writing which does not bother mind at all!! Better to stay away...
KANGROO COLUMN: JEDI JUSTICE
Note: Events described here are from a galaxy far far away…. any resemblance with any events on planet Earth would be purely coincidental or due...
Dervishes’ Inn…Ninth Dream
Ninth Dream Fragrance of Friendship 15th May 2018 Rabia says Salam to Dervish! Rabia seeks pardon for a late reply. She was trapped in useless...
Dir Needs Development
By Muhammad Hussain Azad Dir is situated in the north area of the province of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa. It is comprised of two districts, Upper...
Shashi Tharoor as usual gets his facts wrong
By Yasser Latif Hamdani India is attempting to pass a controversial citizenship bill which will in essence bar Muslims from seeking asylum in India. Shashi...
Snowden’s “Permanent Record”, Rule of Law & Privacy
He has criticized the paranoia emerged in United States post 9/11 in the name of security and antiterrorism that gave rise to deep state, defeating...
I Will Meet You There….Naeem Ashraf
Nigahein mila ker baddal jaanay waalay Mujhay tujh se koee shikait naheen hai (Casting a loving stare, you changed the ways I have no complaints,...
