Guest Post by Raza Rumi While responding to the comments on my ATP post on Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (also see earleir ATP post here), I rambled a little on the literary feuds among the Urdu stalwarts. However, this post has two parts: first, a little more on the literary cross currents; and second “our” collective […]
Adil Najam The 249th annual urs of the great sage Bulleh Shah’s begins in Kasur today. We here at ATP have paid tribute to the sage in two earlier posts (here and here). And even though I have been itching to write about the poetry of other greats such as Waris Shah, Khawaja Farid, Sultan […]
Guest Post by Raza Rumi [ATP had carried a short post at the time of Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi’s death; today we feature Raza Rumi’s more in-depth tribute to the poet] Ab aik baar to qudrat javaabdeh thehre hazaar baar ham insaan aazmaaye gaye Now Nature must be held accountable at least once; We humans have […]
