Rauf Parekh
THE study of controversy kicked up with the publication of Allama Iqbal’s Asraar-i-Khudi is interesting in that it...
Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:37am
DURING an interview, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi narrated an interesting incident. He said when he was on a visit to China...
Published 29 Jan, 2024 07:51am
IT was mid-1980s when this writer had the opportunity to attend Prof Annemarie Schimmel’s lecture at Karachi’s...
Published 22 Jan, 2024 08:05am
THE biggest problem that new researchers face is finding sources on the topic of their research. Some start with...
Published 15 Jan, 2024 07:01am
SOME books do not become old and just keep on getting younger, shining more brightly as they age. Baang-i-Dara, the...
Published 08 Jan, 2024 07:10am
BOOKS have always been perceived as potentially dangerous weapons because they are quite capable of affecting and...
Updated 01 Jan, 2024 08:48am
IN Urdu’S literary historiography, the city of Delhi is often referred to, metaphorically, as a garden or candle: ...
Published 25 Dec, 2023 05:39am
BY all accounts, Gregory Maxwell Bruce is a strange fellow: his teaching of Urdu language and literature at the...
Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:33am
IS Allama Iqbal renowned enough to be discussed at a conference held specifically on the topic of renowned writers...
Published 11 Dec, 2023 07:08am
KARACHI is notorious for its lack of greenery and spring is barely noticeable in this concrete jungle. So is autumn!...
Published 27 Nov, 2023 06:41am
ASAD Muhammad Khan, who turned 91 on Sept 26 this year, is an eminent short story writer, playwright, translator and...
Published 20 Nov, 2023 07:03am
PALESTINE issue is basically a humanitarian one, and anyone and everyone with at least a little compassion would...
Published 13 Nov, 2023 09:19am
CAN a year pass by without any new books being published on Allama Iqbal? The question came to my mind when I knew ...
Published 06 Nov, 2023 05:16am
Though he died before the creation of Israel, the poet had written about the intentions about the British to give Palestine to the Jews.
Published 30 Oct, 2023 12:14pm
IN his poem ‘Shaam-o-Falasteen’ (Syria and Palestine), included in Zarb-i-Kaleem, Allama Iqbal says:
Published 30 Oct, 2023 07:06am
IMMEDIATELY after the announcement of coveted Kamal-i-Fun Award for 2021 last week, began the usual thunderous...
Published 23 Oct, 2023 07:01am
URDU alphabet has 54 letters, including 15 letters denoting aspirated sounds. The statement is often considered contentious
Published 16 Oct, 2023 07:01am
Compiled by Vasiullah Khokhar, Urdu Mufrad Af’aal Ki Farhang fulfils a gap in Urdu grammar.
Updated 09 Oct, 2023 10:31am
BAKAWALI was a beautiful girl who used to frolic with her seven beautiful female friends. Her real name was...
Published 02 Oct, 2023 08:07am
THE term orientalism has become a bit controversial in recent times. Some, such as Encyclopaedia Britannica, for...
Published 25 Sep, 2023 08:46am
