Faiz Ahmed Faiz: The Sufi Marxist

PERSONALITY

A fighter against feudalism, architect of progressive movement in Pakistan and beloved of millions of comrades, almost everyone of our generation tried to imitate him; Farooq Nazki remembers

And when wine, as it is poured, is the sobbing of children whom nothing will console– when nothing holds, when nothing is: at that dark hour when night mourns, be near me, my destroyer, my lover me, be near me.(Be Near Me by Faiz Ahmed Faiz translated by Agha Shahid Ali More
SOPORE: Doom and the Demon

MOURNING

In fighting a demon, have we become demons? Junaid Azim Mattu raises the lament

I apologize for this article couldn’t come with the sensationalism that can come only with blurry passport size pictures of the dead - pictures of Arifa and Akhtar, the murdered teenaged sisters of Muslim Peer, Sopore. The one-room-living family of a poor daily wage earner could never afford to have More
On the deck of HOUSEBOAT

REFLECTION

How conflict entangles the thoughts of an ordinary soul, sketches Nayeem Raja

In the chilling winters of January, a person in mid forties heavily dressed in pheran, with a kangri inside, sits on the deck of a houseboat. Quietly leans his back with wood-carved walls, lights up a cigarette with the fire of kangri. As he puffs, the smoke dissolves in the air; while the Dal lake More
  • Kashmir

PDD casual labourers risk lives for ‘nothing’

'Without wages, compensation; 45 electrocuted, 165 amputated since 1994'

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Feb 13: Scores of casual laborers, working with Power Development Department (PDD), who suffered permanent disability after being electrocuted while carrying out the repair works, have been left More


  • Srinagar City

Forget kids, children's park goes dating point

Parents, separatist leader pestered; say place not worth for minors’ amusement

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Feb 13: Something unexpected of for kids to see is doing the rounds of the City’s sole Children’s Park at Hazuri Bagh. The recreation spot, meant exclusively for minors, with all swings, toons More



  • Jammu

K-interlocutors arriving on Feb 21

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 13: Three Interlocutors, appointed by New Delhi to hold discussions with different shades of opinion in Kashmir, are expected to arrive here on a week long visit of the state on February 21 More


  • Business

Peace imperative for good tourist season: Jora

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar Feb 13: Minister for Tourism Nawang Ringzin Jora today called for joint efforts by government and tourism stakeholders to create “a congenial atmosphere for attracting more and more tourists to More


  • News

Egypt parliament dissolved, constitution suspended

RANIA/PTI

Cairo, Feb 13: In a major move to dismantle the vestiges of the Mubarak era, Egypt's military today dissolved the parliament and suspended the country's constitution, accepting the major demands of the More


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