Adil Najam Yes, this is now an old picture. But it is not an old issue, and we should not act as if it is. This haunting photograph is from last year’s earthquake. Everytime I see it I shudder. Yet, I keep it on my screensaver to make sure that I do not forget the […]

Adil Najam Unbelievable! I don’t even know who to be angry at. The idiot who placed the add or the copy-readers at Dawn who did not catch the sexually suggestive language that seems to come from the fantasies of some sex-starved mind. Read the whole ad. on the left, but here are the key points. […]

Adil Najam Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi died today. I learnt of his demise from Sabahat Zakariya’s blog Silsala-e-Mah-o-Saal, which also reminded me of that very apt verse from Qasmi sahib: KouN kehta hai kay mout aa-ayee tou marr jaouN ga Mein tou darya houN, samandar meiN uttar jaouN ga [Who says that I woudl die on […]