Category : Opinions
Symbiosis
(Originally written in Urdu) Old, dry, and shriveled up Bereft now of new shoots and green leaves Bent almost double like a century-old man The...
Part – II: I confess I was that woman
They redefined it and made sure that It had only one eternal standard, for both sexes, that all the virtues professed around them were founded...
Come My Slayer
Written when my first child was born. (Culled from my poetry collection A VAGRANT MIRROR) Come, my slayer Let me hold you in my arms...
Part – I: I confess I was that woman!
Meanwhile, using their right of beauty, women enjoyed the respect they received by degrading themselves in front of men, all the time thinking that they...
Names, Nicknames & Pet-Names
Now as an Indian born in a metropolitan city like Delhi, Surinder had no idea of what a Daisy flower looked like. Diwedi, with his...
Till Death Do Us Apart
TILL DEATH DO US APART A John Donne epigram retold (Written a decade ago, at my wife’s death) Poison the winds with fingers; say of...
Who Am I?
Who am I? Asks my hidden self Not one of the many who roam about here Different, yes… Distinctly different From those shreds and shavings...
Eye of the Storm
How nice it would be if we too could be calm and serene in the midst of chaos – in the eye of the storm!...
Habib Tanveer – A Memory Chary
My association with the doyen of Urdu theater, Habib Tanveer, is more than half a century old. I first met him back in 1962, at...
Future of Afghanistan
The democratic future of Afghanistan will bring peace and prosperity in the region. Better health facilities and good living which are inevitable for the existance...
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction or drug abuse is a major social problem in Pakistani society. Health damaging drugs and abusive substances are available everywhere in society. Illegal...
Melody Queen Shamshad Begum
She was a senior to me by 17 years. I was just a lad back in 1955 when I met her for the first time....
Remembering Faiz Ahmed Faiz – Part 1
On a one-to-one basis, my personal contact with Faiz has been fewer than a dozen times. All these get-together meetings for a personal powwow took...
When Faa’iz Comes Home
Written By: Rubina Faisal Translated by: Javed Chaudry Fourteen years ago, the Afzaal family would have thought about leaving Pakistan in the face of the...
The Gentle Mufti
Worry not my child, for thou service shalt be rewarded well. Up, keep the good work up, and twerk, for thou shalt please thy religiously...
Climate Change and Children’s Health
By Murad Muhammad The planet’s climate is changing with the passage of time, with considerable fluctuation in global average temperature. Climate change not affecting our economy...
‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe
By Arundhati Roy Courtesy: The Guardian During a particularly polarising election campaign in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi,...
Two Books- Two Great Gifts to English Readers
Written by Gopi Chand Narang & Translated by Surinder Deol Reviewed by: Rahman Abbas Right now when the world is passing through the curse of...
Re-visiting the Idea of God and Existence
Well, whom should we blame for this prevailing atheistic attitude in our youth? To our traditional religious preachers, who in alliance with the ruling classes...
Maternal health : Safe-abortion in Pakistan
Five million women, according to a research, become pregnant in Pakistan annually, and 15% of which (that is, 700,000) usually tend to face obstetrical and...
