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N.M. Rashid’s universal poem on life, light, and fear

N.M. Rashid’s universal poem on life, light, and fear

Joy of Urdu Boston launch at MIT As a Bengali born and brought up in UP who loves Urdu literature, sadly I don’t know how to read and write the Urdu script. But since most Urdu literature has been...
Finding “The Country Without A Post Office”

Finding “The Country Without A Post Office”

“The dusk here does not arrive on the shoulders of golden sunsets any more, but on the heels of long, encroaching shadows of untraceable trees in the distance, gloomy parallel patterns that...
“I fully support peace between India and Pakistan”

“I fully support peace between India and Pakistan”

A South Indian student’s version of ‘Akele na jaana’, the Pakistani film song immortalized by Ahmad Rushdie and Mala Last week, I met Aditya Shrinivas, a Ph.D student from...
Re-shaping identity across borders… Not what the media led us to expect

Re-shaping identity across borders… Not what the media led us to expect

Some unexpected discoveries by a group of 45 Pakistani students on a six-week long visit to India to experience the arts and culture and meet ordinary people…  Beyond ideas of national...