Dusk

Dusk prays for me to transform. Out the pavement through the sliding doors of life into a crowded capsule of

Translation

Translating Ghalib - A Tribute, An Effort

On a cold December night, on the the shores of Lake Ontario...

Dev - The Anatomy of A Communal Carnage

... if Gujarat is not to be repeated, it must never be forgotten!

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Acidity - Novellete Part I

A novelette zigzagging along an addict’s (heroinchie’s) pathological observations of the bleak and absurd comedy of 21st century’s social and

In Celebration of Ramadan (Part 1): Ala Hazrat’s Poem About The Onset of Ramadan

O’Saqi, I will forever be yours, bring me some wine, Ramadan has come!

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The 786 Cybercafé on Tariq Road (continued)

Karachi in the 1990s was a wasteland of failed opportunities; the salaried class was on its knees under the burden

A Mathematical Genius

The story of John Forbes Nash Jr.

The Evolution of Urdu Literature in the 20th Century

Literature is the narration of time

The Rumi of Kashmir: Mian Muhammad Bakhsh Qadiri (may his secret be sanctified!)

even the illiterate peasants often know whole chunks of it by heart

The 786 Cybercafé on Tariq Road

Short Story

A Father’s Letter To Daughter: A short story

whichever clan rules the earth, I shall always be the outsider

Sohail Rana: Musings on music

His adorers are surrounded by a lifetime of numerous memories of his immortal compositions.

In Loving Memory of Nazia Apa (aka Nazia Hasan)

Nazia Hassan was a sub-continental icon. On her third death anniversary, a fan and friend pays tribute

Absent in the Spring

There seldom was any sympathy - but of humiliation there was no shortage.

V. S. Naipaul

I know one thing for sure: If Naipaul’s not in conflict with himself, he wouldn’t be in conflict with the

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Acidity - Novellete Part III (final)

A novelette zigzagging along an addict’s (heroinchie’s) pathological observations of the bleak and absurd comedy of 21st century’s social and