A Conversation with Om Puri in New York City – By S. Ansari [2001]
Mr. Puri was touring with his film East is East It is 10 Am and I have been waiting for at least an hour...
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Abda Khan: US Book Tour of ‘Stained’
Abda Khan recently completed her book tour of Stained across the Atlantic at cities including New York, LA and Milpitas [near San Francisco]. Stained is a gripping...
Chehra Mera Tha, Nigahen Uss Keen: Parveen Shakir’s Ghazal
Chehra Mera Tha, Nigahen Uss Keen is once of Parveen Shakir’s most loved Ghazals, which was immortalized by voice of Junaid Jamshed. Both were amazingly...
A Small Advice: Poem by Parveen Shakir
A Small Advice: Poem by Parveen Shakir If within course of conversation breaks of silence emerge and spoken words become silent; My eloquent friend, let’s listen carefully...
Portrait of Allama Iqbal at National Portrait Gallery London
National Portrait Gallery London is regarded as the world’s greatest Museum dedicated to Portraits. It hosts a wide range of artifacts, from portraits of...
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Hand Written Letter
Ravi Magazine is an immense admirer of study of handwritten scripts , an art known as graphology, see Allama Iqbal’s Handwriting. With courtesy of Tahzib-ul-Akhlaaq, we present...
Life and Works of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan – Prof. Hamid Hassan Qadri
Tahzeeb Akhlaaq is the renowned Urdu Journal of Ali Garh University India, first published by its founder Syed Ahmad Khan. Following his visit in London,...
Jimmy Engineer paints Javed Nama – Dr. Allama Iqbal greatest Persian Masnavi
In the forward of Javed Nama, Dr. Hamid Yazdani, translator of Farsi Iqbaliaat, documents that Allama Iqbal had a desire to have his greatest Farsi...
Book Review: Bingo by Rita Mae Brown
The idea of a book changing your life is as stupid an idea as a waxing lady that will be cheap, painless and very good...
Zia Mohyeddin: The Master of Urdu Literature Recitals
When it comes to Urdu Literature Recitals as an art form, Zia Mohyeddin stands in a league of his own. Mastering the art of delivering each word...
Poems from Prison by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mahmoud Dervish & Nazim Hikmet
I always thought that Faiz Ahmad Faiz owed a “Thank you” card to his Imprisoners. Just like that Pablo Neruda should have done the same to General Pinochet, Nazim Hikmet...
Moses: As in Kalam of Allama Iqbal
Moses led his people, the Israelis from Egypt to the Promised Land. As narrated in Quran, Israelists were able to cross the Red Sea, but the...
Naqsh Faryaadi Hai Kis Ki: Diwan-e-Ghalib’s Mysterious Prelude
Naqsh Faryaadi Hai Kis Ki Shokhi-e-Tehreer Ka Kaghazi Hai Pairahan her Paikar-e-Tasveer Ka Against whose embellished writing are my such words of lament Constructed of...
Parveen Shakir: Two Of Her Most Romantic Works
Parveen Shakir: Two Of Her Most Romantic Works A Simple Request Dear Lord, I understand the duty of a hostess. But please let it be...
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Dil Na-Umeed to Nahin, Nakaam Hi to Hai – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz faced a difficult life amidst military trials, accusations of sedition [rawalpindi sazish] and imprisonment, yet always remains a poet of hope and...
Vishwamitra: In Kalam of Allama Iqbal – By Prof. M. Hassan
Vishwamitra was an Indian sage in the ancient times. He was the tutor of Ram. He lived the life of a hermit in a...
Oval of GCU Lahore: Mentioned in Iqbal’s Biography by Dr. Javed Iqbal
Oval Ground of GCU Lahore remains an integral part of campus, where many generations of Ravians has enjoyed discussions and socializing. It is mentioned in...
Remembering the Genius of Parveen Shakir: Two poems for her Son
Parveen Shakir, besides being the most prominent poetess of Pakistan, was also renowned for her academic merits par-excellence and civil services. She was Fulbright Consortium Scholar at University of Saint...
Nusrat Hussain Interview: New Album “Kaho” Release
Nusrat Hussain rose to fame as part of Pakistan’s biggest rock band Junoon as they released their debut album. He featured on its cover with...
Interview with Abda Khan – Author of Novel ‘Stained’
Lawyer turned author, Abda Khan is a fresh voice in British-Asian literature. Her upcoming debut novel Stained focuses on immigration and honour problems within...
Eqbal Ahmad: A true struggle. A true man – By Edward Said
Edward Said is a distinguished Palestinian-American writer. He has written many world acclaimed works on the Palestinian quest ion His scholarly work Orientalism is highly influential in...
Par Ajjay Qayamat Nahin Ayeee: Masterpiece Punjabi Poem by Mannu Bhai
دھک مکوڑے پڑھن نمازاں ، دعوے کرن خدایاں دے بند کران شراباں نالے ، پرمٹ لیں عیسائیاں دے وعدے پیندے آپے کردے ، ناں بدںاں...
Remembering the first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize: Dr. Abdus Salam – By W. Bokhari
I never met Abdus Salam, but at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (AS-ICTP), where we all convened a year after his death,...
The Making of Javid Nama by Dr. Allama Iqbal
Javid Nama [also Javed]: Dr. Allama Iqbal’s greatest masterpiece in Persian. In the summer of 1927, Iqbal opened his notebook and recited some verses to...
