INDIA’S GOODWILL GESTURE TO PAKISTAN ON FLOODS
NEW DELHI: Amid heightened diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan, New Delhi reportedly extended a goodwill gesture on Sunday and alerted Islamabad about the flood situation in the Tawi River. The information was forwarded via the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, as the usual Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) channel remains in abeyance after the Pahalgam […]
TWIN FLAMES OF URDU POETS IN THE ARENA OF POLITICS
Twin Flames of Urdu: Remembering Makhdoom Mohiuddin and Ahmad Faraz .On 25th August, the death anniversary of two titans of poetry, we revisit how they made love and rebellion inseparable in Urdu literature A Shared Date, A Shared Destiny Some dates in history acquire a strange resonance. 25th August is one such day in the […]
THE UNCOMPROMISING PEN THAT SHOOK URDU LETTERS
Tribute to the legendary Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai on her 110th birth anniversary *Ismat Chughtai at 110: The Uncompromising Pen that Shook Urdu Letters**Marking the 110th birth anniversary of the fearless chronicler of women’s inner lives and society’s hypocrisies.* *A Rebellious Birth, A Rebellious Voice* On *August 21, 1915*, in the small town of *Badaun, […]
