To Austria, with love on August 31, 2021As we drove past the lush green fields and vineyards, I gasped with wonder at the serene beauty of the Alps. After all, Shahrukh Khan had wooed Kajol amidst the Alps in the Bollywood blockbuster ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ and I was ecstatic to be amidst them. My imagination went berserk and I could visualize […]
A crucial interface — Sufism and terrorism on June 18, 2020The recent spate of terrorist attacks on Sufi shrines, in Pakistan, brings to mind the following question: Why is it that the lands of the origin and development of Sufism, became associated with violence and terror resulting in tendentious nomenclature for abominable activities (Islamic terrorism)? To begin with, all countries in the land of Sufism’s […]
The Life of Ahmed is a milestone English novel on July 10, 2019Fakhar Zaman’s new novel is different from the usual novels being written in India and Pakistan. Fakhar Zaman is a celebrated Pakistani writer who has over 40 books to his credit. He writes in Punjabi, Urdu and English. The present book is a novel written in a grippingly lucid style. It is about the travails […]