“MAMA’S BOY” by Kamran Awan
He never liked seeing off people. He always avoided going to the railway stations, the airports and the bus terminals. Strangely enough, these places induced...
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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...
Laboratory by lopa Banerjee
[This excerpt is a part of my recently released book ‘The Broken Home and Other Stories’ where I have translated six short stories and two...
Madan Gandhi, a Mystic Mariner by PERVEIZ ALI
Book Name: The Rhyme of Mystic Mariner Genre: Poetry Author: Prof. Madan Gandhi Year of Publication: 2017 Published by: Poetry Society of India ISBN: 978-93-83888-76-4...
Is Poetry a Cathartic Reality? An Interview by Sufia Khatoon
Poetry Has Come As A Cathartic Reality In My Own Life: Says Lopamudra Banerjee, Poet, Author of ‘Let The Night Sing’, ‘Thwarted Escape’ It is...
REMEMBERING FAIZ AHMAD FAIZ by DR. SATYAPAL ANAND (1)
(A paper read in the Karachi meet of THE RA VIANS, the alumni of Government College & University, Lahore, now living in Karachi to celebrate...
“Flights From My Terrace” by LOPA BANERGEE
Filled with vivid, veritable expressions, descriptions connoting the joie de vivre of life in its small, yet discerning moments, Santosh Bakaya’s treasure trove of 58...
Reviewing A Treliss of Ecstacy by Perveiez Ali
In response to a question of “understanding poetry” a noted poet of Peru Guevara Miraval Jaime Pablo responds as “ Poetry is – let’s say...
Intellect and intellectuals by K S SIAL
Intellectuals look like humans but in fact they are a different species. The thing which makes them different from the human crowd is their brain,...
“Verses of Wahab Khar” by Perviez Ali
Translating poetry opens up new worlds of language Let’s start with two basic questions back to back.Can poetry be translated? And is there any purpose...
A Story by KHALID UMAR
There was a factory in the middle of a town in a long far off land which emitted black smoke from its tall chimney all...
The Last Son of the Soil by K S SIAL
In his sitting room, Rana Jacob Khan was sitting on a chair, calm and dignified like always. He was wearing a dhoti kurta, and the...
When Silence Whispered: A Book review by Perveiz Ali
Book Name: And The Silence Whispered Author: Wani Nazir ISBN Number: 978-93-83755-36-3 Publisher: Global Fraternity of Poets (Gurgaon) Year of Publication: 2017 Pp.: 148 Price:...
A Self Obituary by JUNAID ASIM
Last night was no common night, as it was marked by the sudden death of struggling writer Junaid Asim. Junaid was murdered by a psycho-reader...
The Abdulla Malik Formula by KHALID HASSAN
I call it the Abdulla Malik formula for peace of mind and it has the virtue of being applicable to more than one situation, more...
Sparkle in His Dying Eyes by SUZZANNA JAVED
I wondered how some eyes could sparkle knowing that they would not live to see. What would a degree from a prestigious university mean to...
“A Child in a Village” by K S SIAL
Immediately after the dusk, all the males in the village started gathering in his family Deera, among them were people of every class in that...
“A Beautiful Mistake; Review” by Wani Nazir
Genre: Novel Author: Maya Khanelwal Published by: Partridge India Year of Publication: 2013 Language: English ISBN: 978-1482810189 Pp: 438 Price: Rs 751.00 Reviewed by: Wani...
“I LAUGH AS I LIVE” by Satyapal Anand
I don’t know when I first laughed. It must have been in the lap of my mother – and it must have been at some...
THE QUESTION OF LATIN by Maupassant
This subject of Latin that has been dinned into our ears for some time past recalls to my mind a story—a story of my youth....
