Muslim Rizvi
It was just another ordinary Tuesday evening in a typical suburban Toronto neighborhood. It has been a cold harsh winter and the early April showers were turning out to be cooler than usual as well.
I hate to be whining about the weather. When I moved to Canada from Pakistan, somebody told me
“weather is never [...]

Muslim Rizvi
I am traveling through a tunnel towards a source of white light. I have no control over anything. I just keep going faster and faster and then there is a dazzling flash and an explosion of blinding light. I close my eyes.
I am in the courtyard of our old house in Gulberg, Karachi. I [...]

by Muslim Rizvi
Last night it was thunder
Lightning and rain
In the city’s suburbs
In a dark lonely lane
It’s the edge of the night
And the nascent sunlight
Is searching for way
To make it a day
Clouds that surround
Are scattering away
Less grievous, relieved
With a heart void of fear
Of far and of near
Having shed every tear
The last falling drops
from the shades of [...]

Muslim Rizvi
Last year we had a discussion on Halloween in Pakistan and this year we’ll try to see the issues faced by the Pakistani community when they try to celebrate or try to shy away from Halloween while living abroad.

It has been boiling inside of me since that fateful day when I went to a [...]

Muslim Rizvi