Recently, National Book Trust (NBT), India has decided to revoke the reprint of Hindi version of historian Bipan Chandra’s book Communalism: A Primer. Here is the official statement of Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) on Trust’s move: SAHMAT Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust 29, Feroze Shah Road,New Delhi-110001 Telephone- 23381276/ 23070787 [email protected] sahmat.org Date 7.9.2016 Statement…
Attachment is a part of innate human nature. The adult theory of attachment categorizes it in relationships spanning over friendships, emotional affairs, and romantic relationships and in some cases inanimate objects known as transitional objects. Since antiquity, religious and erudite discourses have dealt vastly with the human folly of attachment; as they term it. Buddhist…
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Although I have no credential or qualification but would like to put my two cents opinion on the present status of Urdu into little perspective: Urdu language developed and thrived in Mughal Courts and was people’s common mode of communication in Mughal army. Hindi is one of the official languages recognized by the Constitution of…
Sher Muhammad Khan i.e. Ibn-e-Insha born on 15 June 1927 was a Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu. His poetry has a distinctive diction laced with language reminiscent of Amir Khusro in its use of words and construction that is usually heard…
खालिद बेवक़्त बेवकूफ़ी कर बैठा था। बेवक़्त इसलिए कि अभी तो ढंग से मूंछ के रोएँ तक ना आए थे उसके चेहरे पर और बेवकूफी यह कि उसे मुहब्बत हो गई थी। लड़की उसके क्लास की थी, ज़ीनत नाम था। दोनों मुहब्बत की गहराईयों से अनजान थे। कमबख्त, सागर को बारिश की बौछार समझ बैठे।…
گیارہ قسطوں پر مشتمل مضمون کی پہلی قسط ۔ تاریخی شعور “وجدانِ وقت ” کے سا ے ٴ میں پرورش پاتا ہے، اسی سے تاریخی زہن بنتا ہے اور اسی سے تاریخی تصویر کی آبیاری ہوتی ہے ۔ سیگفرید کرا کور نے ‘دی ہسٹری اینڈ کونسیپٹ آف ٹائم ‘ میں بڑی دیدہ وری سے احساس…
Every life is sacred. At least every life is sacred to someone. In other words as the life of a hunter who is born with a body which physically is called “human” among hunters, is sacred to the hunts-man society (who enjoy the flesh of an animal, and peel the skin of a cave dweller)….
Sony Dalia, Hoping on Hope. New Delhi: Indialog Publication. 2015. ISBN: 81-8443-051-5. Pages 79, 175.00/US $ 25.00 Hoping on Hope is the third poetry anthology of Sony Dalia, which is a pen name of T. Sai Chandramouli who is a famous academician, poet, translator and critic in India. There are sixty poems in the anthology…
A time will come when singing the songs of love will be the poetry of resistance The time is not too far when wearing the cloth of one’s choice will be the symbol of resistance When eating the food of one’s choice will be revolt …..when going to vote, contesting elections, campaigning for or against…all will…
