Adil Najam I have spent much of today reading, remembering and listening to the poetry of Munir Niazi, who died yesterday. This is probably the best way to celebrate the life and work of a poet. The celebration of his work has gone on on this blog from a while (here, here, here and here) […]

Adil Najam Yet another stalwart of Urdu literature is no more. Munir Niazi passed away at the age of 78. As regular readers of this blog know, Munir Niazi is a particular favorite of mine. We have written about him and his poetry earlier (wondering whether it was him in the wonderful re-making of Mehdi […]

Owais Mughal aadmiat se hai baala aadmi ka martaba pust himmat ye na howay, pust qaamat ho to ho (A man’s destiny is much higher than humanity. He can be short in height but should not be short on courage) This photograph in Dawn (December 13, 2006) shows a homeless man on Karachi roads. The […]