Adil Najam I have always been mesmerized by Rashma’s voice. It is a voice unlike any other I know. Truly it is the voice of the desert – unending in its breadth and unrelenting in its depth. A voice that comes from the heart and a one that always touches the heart. Although she is […]

Raza Rumi The other day when my spouse complained for the umpteenth time about the peculiar attitudes of men towards their female counterparts in Pakistani workplaces, I had no option but to be blunt. “You need to get real,” I yelled. “You must shed all notions of human complexity when dealing with the Pakistani male. […]

Raza Rumi Mughal history ignores women of the empire, including Emperor Aurangzeb‘s daughter Zeb-un-Nissa : patron of the arts, poet, and a keeper of several lovers, according to rumours. The eldest daughter, she was Aurangzeb’s close companion for several years. She was born in 1638 to Dilras Bano of the Persian Safavid dynasty. Loved by […]