Articles with tag: tribute
Syed Kamal (1937 to 2009): Aisa Bhi Hota Tha
Ras Siddiqui Nov 5, 2009 interacts: 16Syed Kamal’s recent death marks the near-closing of an era during which four male actors ruled Pakistan’s Urdu film industry.
This wonderful Doc…
Beena Sarwar Oct 12, 2009 interacts: 36Zakia met Sarwar after moving from Lahore to Karachi in 1961. The unconventional, long-limbed Allahabad-born doctor was known as the ‘hero of the January movement’.
Tariq Ahsan: A Forgotten Foot-soldier of Democracy
Muhammad Tariq Sep 18, 2009 interacts: 19This kind of interrogation ought to be banned everywhere, since although it leaves no marks or injuries on the body, thus making it difficult to recognize it as a form of torture, it does irreparable damage to the mind.
King of Pop Silenced at 50
Anum Ali Jun 28, 2009 interacts: 46
As the music fraternity gathers round to grieve their beloved King of Pop it is true when their words echo: “There cannot be another Michael Jackson.”
My Grandmother ~ Obituary
salman Ali Jun 3, 2009 interacts: 7I learned from you the power of humour, and how a single laugh can sometimes be more pleasing to a human heart then a carefully crafted melody.
Mohtarma Iqbal Bano (1935 to 2009): A Generational Tribute
Ras Siddiqui May 3, 2009 interacts: 18With the passing of Iqbal Bano, the Urdu (and Persian) speaking world has lost one of its finest Ghazal singers.
Khalid Hasan, Manto, and Kala Kola
Aziz Akhmad Feb 12, 2009 interacts: 4A lifelong journalist, he observed people minutely, and commented upon them playfully and bluntly. His satire was particularly reserved for people with puffed up egos.
Gone in 42 Seconds
Rajesh Shankaran Feb 7, 2009 interacts: 7Gama was the last great Indian wrestler to storm the wrestling pits of Old Europe but he was not the first. As early as 1892, Karim Baksh defeated English champion, Tom Cannon.
Story of Srinivas Ramanujan
Rajesh Shankaran Jan 7, 2009 interacts: 75The only man rated a perfect 100, the man who was in G. H. Hardy’s mind among the greatest mathematicians of all-time was Srinivas Ramanujan.
Khuda Hafiz Faraz Sahib
Ras Siddiqui Nov 16, 2008 interacts: 3It was late when I drove back to Sacramento that night but Faraz Sahib appeared to me to be as fresh as a morning breeze and completely in his element.
Ahmed Faraz (1931-2008) – The Romantic Rebel
Zaki Rahman Oct 12, 2008 interacts: 6To the end of his life, Faraz remained fully committed to the ideals of democracy and justice as witnessed by his close involvement in the lawyers movement of last year.
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak: A Man for All Seasons
Zeejah Oct 11, 2008 interacts: 79His greatest disappointment he says is that he was withdrawn as Ambassador before he could bring about the confederation between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
My Encounter with Ahmed Faraz
Aziz Akhmad Sep 5, 2008 interacts: 10As students at Peshawar, we often saw Faraz on campus. He was a noted poet even then but, among the students on campus, he was equally known, if not more, for his bohemian lifestyle.
In Memory of Ahmed Faraz
kashkin dabruski Aug 25, 2008 interacts: 17We will miss him and words
That breathed revolution
Death can only bring whispers
But words, a torrent of revolution
Ahmed Faraz: The Light Stays
Mutaal Mooquin Aug 26, 2008 interacts: 79"woh koh-kun to naheeN tha leikin
karree chatanouN se larr chuka hei
woh thhak chuka tha aur us ka teisha
usi ke seenay mein garr chuka hei" - Ahmed Faraz
Poet for Paperless People
Saeed Urrehman Aug 21, 2008 interacts: 8Darwish was paperless and, because of his defiant words and politics, he was often imprisoned. He kept on honing his words as if they were weapons
Mahboba Andyar: A Poem
Mutaal Mooquin Jul 12, 2008 interacts: 58Andyar, an Olympic aspirant is gone missing;
Sole Afghan woman sprinter slated for Beijing.
Andyar, A rising spirit, a brave soul,
Pride of a nation, an archetypal role.
Late Colin David
sehrish chauhdary Jul 30, 2008 interacts: 4Colin was born in Karachi in 1937; he began his art education at the University of Punjab when the fine arts departments opened its door to male students in 1956.
Nirmala Deshpande - A Truly Great Soul
Juan Sandoval May 3, 2008 interacts: 233Nirmala Deshpande a dedicated Gandhian was a true peace activist.
Race to the Finish
Feroz Qutabshahi Apr 29, 2008 interacts: 77860 years ago, when Jackie Robinson, first Black Man to play in US Major League Baseball, walked onto the field, he was taunted, ridiculed, and booed, but despite all adversity, he delivered.
Judah Folkman
Syed Shah Feb 11, 2008 interacts: 5History may yet end up remembering Judah Folkman, who passed away earlier this year at Denver International Airport, as the man who cured cancer.
Leaders, Heroes and Mountains
Shantanu Dutta Jan 13, 2008 interacts: 9He (Sir Admund Hillary) was not a sahib who came, conquered and left having had his adventure in the hills. He established and sustained a lasting bond with the Sherpa people of the Himalayas.
Abdul Latif Khalid (1944-2007)
Yasser Latif Hamdani Dec 24, 2007 interacts: 113My father’s sudden demise at only 63 years of age through a massive heart attack has been by far the most profound life experience I have had to endure.
Searching for Qurratulain Hyder in a Delhi Kabristan
Mayank AustenSoofi Nov 13, 2007 interacts: 10I was looking for a grave. In the next hill perhaps? For Qurratulain Hyder. She was an Urdu writer who died on August 21.
Tribute to a Giant
Shiraz Mahmood Nov 13, 2007 interacts: 3Inzimam-ul-Haq, a glorius 17 year career, at the heart of Pakistan’s middle order. He has the most half-centuries, centuries and the second highest test runs by a Pakistani.
In the Loving Memory of Waleed Iqbal
Zara Hafeez Nov 6, 2007 interacts: 9Waleed Iqbal is known in the debating fraternity of Pakistan as being one of the finest members of the Pakistan debating Society. ... For a man I refuse to fade away.
A tribute: To Revathy Gopal
Lokhi Menon Oct 13, 2007 interacts: 5We talked just once on the phone
I, the hopeful poet,
you, established and acknowledged,
friendly, kind and encouraging.
Death in the Clouds
Beej K Singh Sep 10, 2007 interacts: 50And some red lines shall forever hold – because that’s the way they are – because that’s the way the Artist chose to draw them!
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mohammad Gill Jun 15, 2007 interacts: 140It is said that Archimedes knew all the mathematics that was developed up to his time and some more. The same is said of Newton and Carl Gauss.
Alex
Beena Sarwar May 17, 2007 interacts: 6A tall, broad, handsome 21 year old who loved basketball, on the outside he was the same old Alex. But he had become someone he did not want to be.
An Evening with Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan: A Tribute
Asif Naqshbandi Apr 17, 2007 interacts: 31I met Asad Amanat Ali Khan a few years ago; I didn't think I'd never meet him again.
Honored
Chowk Staff Mar 28, 2007 interacts: 24Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail
Jaane kahan gaye voh din!
Dost Mittar Mar 22, 2007 interacts: 138But a new generation of the young and restless cine fans had replaced the old generation and they had neither the time nor the taste to savour the slow intoxication of the old style of music.
Mohammad Yousuf: A tribute
Ahmer Muzammil Dec 3, 2006 interacts: 80I would like to say a sentence or two about the Pakistani who broke Sir Viv Richard’s long standing record for most runs in a calendar year, as many of you might already know that man is Mohammad Yosuf.
Understanding Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Zalan Alam Nov 29, 2006 interacts: 150Trying to understand Z. A. Bhutto is hard, and to understand that period of Pakistan’s history is harder still.
Schumi No More!
farheen zehra Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 4You might hate him or love him, but no matter what you feel about him, you do know him. The one person who comes in your mind when you hear the word Formula 1?
Remembering a great Pakistani: Sir Zafrullah Khan
Yasser Latif Hamdani Aug 31, 2006 interacts: 573His greatest contribution came when he drafted the famous Lahore Resolution, which till this day is the rallying point of Pakistan and Pakistani nationalism.
The Birdman of India
Mohammad Gill Jun 1, 2006 interacts: 38I had never heard of Salim Ali before in my life because I was not interested in the birds and bird-watching. Seabrook’s article intrigued my curiosity and I set out finding who the distinguished Indian ornithologist, Salim Ali, was...
Growing Up Red
Ali Hashmi Sep 28, 2005 interacts: 84My maternal grandfather, ‘Nana’ to us kids, who I later found out was one of the root causes of my ’trouble’ was mostly absent. He had been in self imposed exile since being imprisoned in 1951 when he had spent 4 years in jail for
Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed: The Naked Sufi Martyr
Asif Naqshbandi Jul 13, 2005 interacts: 215Every man who is aware of his secret
He becomes concealed even from the skies
The mullah says that Ahmad went to the heavens
Sarmad says that the heavens were inside Ahmad!
The Creator of Legends
Sunil K Poolani May 17, 2005 interacts: 9An obituary... one of the greatest writers the world has ever produced. And what raised him to that pedestal is his first and best novel, The Legend of Khasak, which was published around the same time that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s path-bre
Amrita Pritam
Umair Raja May 15, 2005 interacts: 369Today, I call Waris Shah, “Speak from inside your grave”
And turn, today, the book of love’s next affectionate page
To Saneeya Hussain (August 13, 1954-April 20, 2005)
Beena Sarwar May 1, 2005 interacts: 21There are tears at your untimely departure, but no, we’re not just sitting about mourning gloomily. Our grief runs deep, but when we meet and share your memories, there is also laughter, especially as we recall yours.
Such Anais Journey!
Farzana Versey Mar 7, 2005 interacts: 47How many of us women can accept the verdict of being the 'Madonna of St. Clitoris' or the 'Venus with an over-bite'? Anais Nin could because it was while clothed in words that she stood most naked.
My Mother, Myself
Samina Rizwan Feb 8, 2005 interacts: 9As an Air Force wife who saw her combat pilot husband through two wars and a highly charged flying career, my mother witnessed many fatal air crashes...
Parveen Babi Passed Away
Mohammad Gill Feb 7, 2005 interacts: 7Parveen was a glamorous actress who brought charm and unique attraction to the Bollywood film screen. The first time I saw her was in Kranti.
Jacques Derrida, Founder of Deconstruction, is Dead
Mohammad Gill Nov 12, 2004 interacts: 4..Make it your last question because it sends deconstruction into paroxysm of rage. Yet the theory of deconstruction was the rage...
Bulleh Shah
Umair Raja Sep 12, 2004 interacts: 67A man, whose writings - barely understood, even by those who speak his language - contain, amongst them, such enlightening and powerful Sufianic philosophies that even Smith, Voltaire, Rosseau, Kant et. al. would have been proud to claim them, as their ow
Death of a Renowned Urdu Literati
Mohammad Gill Sep 9, 2004 interacts: 19He was a distinguished writer after the generation of Manto, Bedi, and Krishan Chandar.
Our ’Zamir’
Beena Sarwar Jun 14, 2004 interacts: 8Zamir in Urdu means conscience, and that is what Zamir Niazi, that great chronicler of media freedoms and censorships, was to so many of us – our conscience.
The Nuclear Father
Mansoor Ahmed Apr 27, 2004 interacts: 39Under Munir’s dedicated leadership, Pakistan’s nuclear programme developed into a multi-faceted and dynamic center of science and technology, both on the peaceful and deterrence sides.
Mehreen Jabbar
Laila Kazmi Dec 21, 2003 interacts: 11To Mehreen experimenting with a story is one of the most interesting parts of creating a play.
Johnny Walker- King of Comedy
Ashfaq Ahmad Nov 23, 2003 interacts: 6On 27th July, 2003, Bob Hope died. Two days later, Badruddin Kazi, popularly known as Johnny Walker died.
Razia Bondrey Bhatti: A Woman of Courage
Laila Kazmi Nov 3, 2003 interacts: 19'I see the journalist’s role as both reporter and crusader. In a civilization that seems to be regressing into new holocausts, we must seek and speak the truth, for we are the voice of voiceless millions. Having chosen this profession, we cannot be
Ahmed Rushdi
Anis Shakur Oct 25, 2003 interacts: 10The journey which Rushdi had started from Mehdi Zaheer’s ’Bunder Road’ in 1954 had ended at Azar Hafiz’s ’Aanay walo suno’ in 1983.
Death Be Not Proud
Ali Hashmi Oct 23, 2003 interacts: 16It was close to midnight when I found out that Mani had died.
A Student Remembers a Great Teacher
Omar R Quraishi Oct 4, 2003 interacts: 229As a university teacher of a popular seminar class, or as a key speaker in a teach-in, Edward Said had this ability to establish a connection with his audience.
Greatest Indians
Bhaskar Dasgupta Sep 28, 2003 interacts: 11Ideally speaking, the Bharat Ratna award should give a list of the greatest Indians, but I was rather disappointed with it, it doesn’t fit into my definition of greatness. In any case, it comprises of people from the past 50 odd years only. So I dec
The Death of Edward Said -- A tribute
Malik S Khar Sep 28, 2003 interacts: 193Palestinians have lost a spokesperson, Columbia University has lost a Professor, the music world has lost an accomplished pianist and I have lost a mentor.
The Diva as Devi
Farzana Versey Sep 28, 2003 interacts: 39Lata Mangeshkar personifies the Indian obsession with the woman on a pedestal. But, has she in any way made the Indian woman feel that power?
Habib Wali Mohammad
Anis Shakur Sep 13, 2003 interacts: 27He came to be known as the Taan Sen in his college.
Wasim Akram: A Tribute
Asif Naqshbandi Sep 5, 2003 interacts: 34Voted Number 1 by Wisden in the list of the Top 100 ODI bowlers in history.
Johnny Walker
Anil S Arora Sep 3, 2003 interacts: 10Despite our re-assuring self-glorification about having one of the biggest and most vibrant cinemas in the world, film studies in India are in such a sterile state that we cannot say whether Johnny Walker was born in 1924 or 1925.
In Loving Memory of Nazia Apa (aka Nazia Hasan)
Zeeshan Suhail Aug 12, 2003 interacts: 28Nazia Hassan was a sub-continental icon. On her third death anniversary, a fan and friend pays tribute
