Contemplating Life: By Raghad Al Salmi
Contemplating Life: By Raghad Al Salmi Roaming the streets of London, begging for a pound to quiet my starving stomach felt like a noose...
Tagged: English Fiction
Stuck in a Quantum : Short Story By Nabeel Mazhari
Stuck in a Quantum : Short Story By Nabeel Mazhari A New Day of a New Year, Rubbing my eyes, I bent to find my...
Past Roads: Story by Komal Ishtiaq
Past Roads: Story by Komal Ishtiaq Since 1947 a long time, each and every day remind me of my walks on the same roads, my...
Resilience by Huda Jabeen
Resilience by Huda Jabeen And the tears were dripping inside, piercing the walls of my heart and the blood was oozing from the sides, in...
Smoke – By Daniyaal Ahmed
Smoke. I remember smoke. I remember the shattered glass bursting forth from the window, each shard burning in a red hue, like a galaxy of...
The Tale of Two Bubbles: Short Story on Pakistani High Society by Ayra Khan
The cacophony of car horns and street vendors could still be heard as you pulled up to Sophia Khan’s Lahore home. Her house, being just...
Press Release: Zunaira Waheed’s debut novel ‘That Night’ published now
Press Release: Zunaira Waheed’s debut novel ‘That Night’ published now Zunaira Waheed is a 14 year old high school student. She is a young...
An Unfinished (Effigy) Story: By Prof Mirza Ather Baig
An Unfinished (Effigy) Story: By Prof Mirza Ather Baig: Translated by Aqsa ljaz Sirajdin, the old gatekeeper of the party office was assigned the task...
Bapsi Sidhwa: Reviewed through The Ravi
Bapsi Sidhwa: Reviewed through The Ravi The 2001 issue of the Ravi published the world renowned Pakistani writer Bapsi Sidhwa’s interview. The interview proved...
The Honest Taxi Driver: Short English Story by Zeenat Hussain
The Honest Taxi Driver: Short English Story by Zeenat Hussain What all is involved in a taxi drivers life; physical labour and not much exercise...
Rescue on the Sea: Short Story by Zeenat Hussain
Rescue on the Sea: Short Story by Zeenat Hussain Very little has been written about the ancient coastal people of Lyari – the irrepressible...
Chapter 11: Amir sets out for Sarandip to conquer Landhaur bin Sa’dan, Emperor of Hindustan.
ELEVEN — [The Amir sets out for Sarandip to conquer Landhaur bin Sa’dan, Emperor of Hindustan.] Overcoming all difficulties, Hamzah and Mihr Nigar...
Chapter 10 – The Amir’s first meeting with the foremost among the beautiful ones of the age, that is, with Princess Mihr Nigar.
TEN — The Amir’s first meeting with the foremost among the beautiful ones of the age, that is, with Princess Mihr Nigar. Love invents...
Chapter 8 – [The Amir goes with Naushervan to the Garden of Justice, where ‘Amar contrives to join them.]
Chapter 8 – [The Amir goes with Naushervan to the Garden of Justice, where ‘Amar contrives to join them.] The next day the king...
Chapter 7 – [Gustahm makes a treacherous attack and wounds Bahram, but Amar cures the wound]
SEVEN – [Gustahm makes a treacherous attack and wounds Bahram, but Amar cures the wound.] Now please hear about the Sasanians, who went...
Chapter 6 – Gustahm arrives in the city of Ctesiphon, bringing Bahram Gurd the Emperor of China
SIX — Gustahm arrives in the city of Ctesiphon, bringing Bahram Gurd the Emperor of China, with supreme grandeur and glory and splendor. Naushervan...
Adventures from Dastan of Ameer Hamza – Chapter 4
FOUR – The Amir comes to Mecca the Great, and Naushervan’s letter reaches him. During this boyhood period, Hamzah acquired the first members of...
Adventures from Dastan of Ameer Hamza – Chapter 3
THREE – The dastan of how the Amir and Muqbil and Amar were given looks of empowerment by the Friends of God. Amar, Hamzah and...
Adventures from Dastan of Ameer Hamza – Chapter 2
TWO – Amir Hamzah’s cradle goes to the Realm of Qaf, and takes that sun of perfection to Mount Qaf. Now the narrator of sweet...
Adventures from Dastan of Ameer Hamza – Chapter 1
ONE — Khvajah Buzurchmihr goes to Mecca and makes inquiries everywhere about Amir Hamzah’s birth. The great king Qubad Kamran, whose realm extended from...
O’ Sufi, Practice Love Because Mathematics is Difficult: Story By M. Gill
Ishq Baazi Kun Keh Sufi Mathematics Mushkal Ast Sufi’s real name was Muhammad Afzal. I met him for the first time when I went to...
The “D” Word: English Story by A. Farooqi
In our household of six girls and one cherished male issue from an upper class family in Karachi, the foremost question that preoccupied my...
Introducing Razia, 2nd novel by award-nominated author Abda Khan
Ravi Magazine is delighted to introduce Razia, the second novel by award-nominated author Abda Khan. Below is her letter explaining the plot and how you can...
Short Excerpt by Bina Shah: The 786 Cybercafe on Tariq Road
Short excerpt from Bina Shah’s book ‘The 786 Cyber Cafe’. Pages 315, PaperBack, ISBN 969-516-146-4. Pakistan had been created in order to make a homeland...
