The current language policy is a case in point where official pronouncements demonstrate a will to respect and accept all lingual and historical legacies of native cultures, but in fact marginalize their languages and cultural icons by excluding them from…
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Review: Satyapal Anand in “A Vagrant Mirror”
by Qaisar Abbas •
In Shakespeare’s language, if world is a stage, Satyapal Anand is an amazing performer on this stage who is constantly narrating mythologies, philosophies and human mysteries to his mesmerized, captive audience. With a vagrant mirror in his hand, he is…
Pakistaniaat: Summer Print Issue Published
by Masood Raja •
Zafarullah Poshni and Faiz Ahmed Faiz in Dallas
by Masood Raja •
Celebrating Faiz and Urdu in New York
by Qaisar Abbas •
Celebrating Faiz Ahmed Faiz and the Urdu language in New York is a rarity which actually materialized as part of the 5th Almi Urdu Conference that devoted a whole day to this legendary Urdu poet, his work and his life.…
Awan-e-Urdu Celebrates National Poet of Pakistan in Jashn-e Iqbal Symposium in Orlando, Florida
by Masood Raja •
In the waves of ongoing Urdu Mushairahs in every big city of North America, very few organizations are offering research conferences and symposiums on serious literary, cultural and political topics on Pakistan these days. Awan-e Urdu of Orlando, Florida, however,…
Happy Birthday: Pakistan Forum
by Masood Raja •
Today is the third birthday of The Pakistan Forum, which was launched under the title “Pakistaniaat Forum” as a blog affiliated with Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies. Not surprisingly, our first ever blog post was about the journal: Pakistaniaat…
Iqbal: His many faces
by Qaisar Abbas •
He subscribed to the Western form of democracy and endorsed voting rights of individuals while opposing women’s emancipation. Validating the Soviet wave of Marxism and supporting the 1917 Russian revolution he profoundly believed that religion and politics are inseparable. Despite…
ھم دیکھیں گے: فیض احمد فیض۔اقبال بانو
by Masood Raja •
A Faiz ghazal sung beautifully by Iqbal Bano: