Book Review: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
by Ali Azam It is very rare to randomly pick a title and enjoy it all the way through without
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Literature
When a language dies
Language emerges as a powerful manifestation of a culture that acts as an identity-marker at the individual and societal levels,
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Socialism’s stormy petrel
Raza Naeem on the politics and worldview contained in the work of Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002) by Raza Naeem “Stone Kaifi to
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The Context of the Enlightenment–I
Aziz Ali Dad thinks about the flux and fixity of ideas over the past two millennia by Aziz Ali Dad When
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‘No Fortunes to Tell’: an elegy of broken world
Harris Khalique’s new English poetry collection documents people’s suffering Farman Ali Noted poet Harris Khalique’s new collection of poetry in
Read MoreUniqueness of Burushaski language, Yasin’s culture celebrated
Gul Nayab Islamabad: Residents of Yasin Valley, mostly youth and students residing in the twin cities of Islamabad and
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I have always quarreled with this word ‘activist’, says Arundhati Roy
Writing is the most appropriate way of expressing trauma and complications, and I will be the last one to make
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Pakistan Day: a reflection on past, present and future
Five books that students, scholars, academics and researchers who are interested in contemporary Pakistan should read, recommends Dr Ammar Ali
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Hermann Hesse on what trees teach us about belonging and life
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families,
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The spiritual case for Socialism
A new book attempts to deepen the philosophical dimension of a revived left. By JEDEDIAH BRITTON-PURDY Making our choices count
Read MoreFaiz Amn Mela ends with a call for unity of the Left to fight imperialism, war mongering
HAH Report The 27th Faiz Amn Mela concluded Sunday at the Open Air Theatre of Baagh-i-Jinnah, Lahore, marking 108th birthday
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Farewell comrade Manzoorul Hassan
Dr Ammar Ali Jan Manzoorul Hassan, our friend, comrade, and mentor passed away at his residence in Green Town, Lahore
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Olzhas Suleimenov on Eurasianism, internationalism and the forgotten past
This interview with Olzhas Suleimenov was initially published in 2015 in the book Art-Atmosphere of Alma-Ata, co-authored by Zitta Sultanbayeva and
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Gabriel García Márquez remembers his dearest friend, Julio Cortázar
“I always thought that death itself seemed indecent to him.” By Gabriel García Márquez Mexico City, February 12th, 1994– I went to
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What do I risk losing by writing down my family’s stories in English?
Jamil Jan Kochai on traditions of Afghan oral storytelling By Jamil Jan Kochai Listen, Before I read Kipling or Faulkner or Pynchon,
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