Quest-- its all about the journey

It is in the journey some say,
and others justify the end

Poetry

Little Beggar Beauty

I am like many in my city
Not callous enough to be unmoved
But too timid to do what I could and

Jasmines in Colorado (part 2 of 3)

A week has passed since her last concert. On my insistence, she finally agrees to show me where she lives.

Poetry

My home is burning: Message to living corpses

You were lost in the relishes of worldly desires
While your children were made silent brutally

Jasmines in Colorado (part 1 of 3)

Mujh say pehli see mohabbat mairay mehboob na maang

Nasty Karma

On his way out, one of the attendees opened his bag, took out a celebrated deodorant, placed it on the

Havelis of Pakistan

Pakistan inherited not only the structures of Gandhara, Mughul, Sikh or British period, it also inherited a vast

Leaving Sai Palace

Sai Palace is more personal. I would find Hiren, waiting for me. And Kalyani, waiting for Hiren.

Rabiya: A focus on the Muslim marriage tradition in India

Cold Night of Jan

Love is true

Proposal

I feel like a piece of paper flowing with the waves of water

Translation

Iqbal, Ghalib, Amir Khusraw: Three Masters, Three Poems

The Madness of Love by Allama Iqbal - Where I was Last Night by Amir Khusraw Dehlavi - Do Not

Translation

Flower’s Desire

Translation of a poem by Pt. Makhanlal Chaturvedi

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Passed Away

The great Urdu poet and short story writer Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi passed away the morning of July 10, 2006, in

Short Story

Crazy Birds

It was silence everywhere. Towering places of worship were trying to touch the blue sky. A pair of birds was