Poet for all times
Yesterday – on November 9 – the 146th birthday of our national poet Allama Iqbal, born in the city of Sialkot, was celebrated not only in our beloved country but…
Let the poets speak
Less than two weeks after he had promulgated an ordinance to amend the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (2016) that was widely acknowledged as ‘draconian’, President Arif Alvi graced the inaugural…
Azerbaijani Poet Nizami Ganjavi Honored in Kazakhstan & Pakistan
World-famous Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi has been honored in a ceremony co-organized by the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) and the Library of Kazakhstan’s First President. The event,…
Talking cricket, science and poetry
Recently our cricket team played a series of matches in the UAE against Australia and New Zealand. They played well against Australia, but the New Zealanders forced losses on them.…
Iqbal and Muslim nationalism
All said and done, Iqbal's core contribution to Muslim regeneration lay in giving his people an idea, something to live and die for. In tandem, it also lay in fostering…
Poetry in a time of terror
What they call Black Friday in the States is a Friday of big bargains for frenzied shoppers. It comes a day after Thanksgiving. This Black Friday came day before yesterday,…
Poetry in the dark
THE UK last week celebrated national poetry day — an annual celebration of poetry with the aim of attracting new audiences to the genre. Newspapers were filled with famous verse…
A poet’s war
IT opens with a question that, sadly, has echoed down the ages with its potency intact: “What passing bells for these who die as cattle?” The poet answers it in…
Iqbal: poor philosophy, rich poetry
The state and its propaganda apparatus have been a great hindrance in the development of an objective approach or objective approaches to Iqbal. Yet, one can ask whether Iqbal didn’t…
Poetic madness and modernity
The 140th birth anniversary of Allama Muhammed Iqbal saw many articles and essays being published in national dailies about the different facets of his personality and thought. The diversity of…
