The Actor

Radhamohan Bose hated being called “Radha”, “Radha-da” or even “Radha-babu”. But very few people would take the trouble of pronouncing

Guillotine

The metallic slice
The smooth cut
The last sigh.

Poetry

Condemned Gods of Darrah Pir

30 kms north-west of our modern capital city, at the foot of great mountains lies the ruins of an ancient

Dormant Embryo

There’s a world within me, a culture of cherished dreams
Lurking gloomy shadows, unheard unanswered screams

Poetry

Worlds Apart

‘Home? Where was home, anyway? Don’t they say home is where the heart is?’

Allama Iqbal and His Women

When we study the psychological aspect of Iqbal’s life, we find out that despite having a sensitive heart and a

Poetry

Fake

some folks smile easy. for others it is a chore. point is, smiles cannot be cultivated. one is either born

Poetry

Blue Line

They have seen right through my nonchalance as I picked up the pregnancy test at the airport, kept my shaking

Translations

A chain of thoughts

Where to start?
What to mend?

Deweaponise Your Thoughts

“..Because of the perpetual — and all-too-real — fear of being hurt, or of death, or of unbearable loss, or

Splinter

They were the couple, everyone said so, back in those days. The lightness of him, the gold hair and blue

Poetry

Guddi

'Am I forever destined to wish better luck to others when nothing good ever comes my way?'

Icarus and The Filmmaker

I’ll be doing what I have a calling for, what I am most passionate about, and what makes me fly

The PG Hamid Talat Khan Show

Hello viewers, I am PG Hamid Talat Khan, with another episode of the PG Hamid Talat Khan Show, in which

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid describes his work as “half a conversation.” “I do half the work and the reader does the other

Skins On Sale

Adam, a scared man in his millennium, hesitantly entered the shop, and stood alienated from the buyers. He was wrapped