Dr. Rauf Parekh Among his other cherished dreams, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan had a dream that Urdu had a comprehensive dictionary. There was none that could truly be called so. Some European scholars had compiled Urdu dictionaries, but they were bilingual ones and lacked the depth and scope Sir Syed dreamed of. The visionary himself […]

Shahran Asim Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi is one of the most famous humorist and a humanist from Pakistan. The subtlety of his satire laced with an unlaboured and chaste Urdu idiom is his speciality that distinguishes him from others in the field. A couple of months ago, he was in New York. He was invited as […]

Adil Najam The first time I heard about ‘Life’s Too Short’ – the Short Story Prize and Competition for Pakistani authors – I remember thinking, “What a great idea.” Every time I have thought about it since then – and I have thought about it often – it strikes me that this is an even […]