Adil Najam baadshah-e-jahaaN, waali-e-maasivaa, naeb-ullah-e-fil-arz, dahakaaN ke naam [Dedicated to he who is the Emperor of the world, Lord of all things, God’s deputy on Earth; the peasant] There was a reason why, in his moving poem, intisaab (dedication) Faiz Ahmed Faiz reserves the single greatest line of reverance for the Dehkaan (peasant). This picture […]
Adil Najam I know we are supposed to put cute and cuddly type of stuff on Father’s Day. But being a father is serious business. All the more serious in developing countries like Pakistan. This picture was taken soon after last year’s earthquake, but you can see a scene like this — a desperate father […]
(Picture on left by go2net; picture on right by peterhessel; both on Flickr.com) Following on yesterday’s Picture of the Day, since people had asked, this is what a ‘Qingqi’ looks like by the time it gets to Pakistan. My thanks to Altamash Mir for the information on how it is the product of a joint […]
