Literature - 2

Few cities in the world command as much love and admiration among its inhabitants, past and present, as Lahore does. A new anthology — ‘Beloved City: Writings on Lahore’ – edited by Bapsi Sidhwa, which was launched here on Wednesday evening, substantiate the above claim. Bapsi Sidhwa was present at the launching ceremony. The anthology [...]

Perhaps Sindh Madressatul Islam, the Alma Mater of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is the only school that has teachers of the language, the business community, mostly Gujarati speaking, had played a vital role and even after the creation of the country, they had made tremendous efforts to establish the new country along sound financial lines. [...]

It’s probably not all that remarkable that a young American went to Pakistan and found fascinating the traditions that define daily life there, from the calls to prayer to the garishly decorated transport trucks. This was the experience of Chiara Angela Kovarik, a Mendota Heights teenager who with her parents spent a month in Pakistan [...]

The inclusion of poems by seven renowned poets of Pakistan in an anthology of poems ‘Men of Our Times’ edited by Fred Moramarco and AI Zolynas and published by Georgia University Press brings a unique recognition to the contemporary stature of Pakistan’s literary scenario. The five English poets from Pakistan included in the anthology are: [...]

With the purpose of educating people about the former Victorian town of the subcontinent the ASG arranged a ceremony at the Islamabad Club the other day which also marked the opening of the organization’s season of activities. Stalls were set up exhibiting books and literature on history and civilization of the Asian region particularly Pakistan [...]

The Oxford University Press hosted an incisive and analytical talk, titled, “So you want to write Urdu poetry? A vocal dissection of Urdu verse”. The speaker was Dr Nomanul Haq, Resident Scholar at the American Institute of Pakistan Studies and a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Sounding an optimistic note, he said, “Despite [...]

As a part of the three week-long trip to India, a 32-member delegation from Pakistan comprising of artists, intellectuals, academicians, politicians, journalists and musicians arrived in Bangalore recently. The Sindhis have a rich tradition of Sufi music, which is part of their vibrant culture. Sindhis with a population of over four crores in Pakistan are [...]

Karachi was a much smaller city then, but its people had rich reading habits. Many of them were content with newspapers, but a lot of them would go to scores of quality bookshops to satiate their thirst for knowledge and imagination. These area libraries would normally open in the afternoon and serve their clientele till [...]

More than two-dozen languages of Indian-Aryan, Iranian, Tibetan and Nooristani origins are spoken in the NWFP and the Northern Areas, most of which do not have a script. Henrik Lijegran, a research consultant at the Frontier Language Institute (FLI) told Daily Times about his institute’s efforts to preserve and promote the mother tongues of various [...]

A Pakistani student, Sonia, has won the top honours in the US by winning a US poem competition on water conservation. Sonia, a fifth grade student, participated in a contest across 60 schools of New York. She was awarded the president medal, Pride of Performance and Excellence Award for her creative work.