Exclusion, ostracism, imprisonment and other variations of imaginable/unimaginable infliction seem to be the universal fate of great minds and souls and those who stand for truth. History has been ...

More Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz By Anjum Altaf LG Publishers (Delhi) ISBN: 9383723939 60pp. The timeless quality of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry and its multi-layered resonances ...

Romantic and revolutionary may seem polar opposites, but this Urdu poet achieved a unique balance between them. Faiz Ahmed ‘Faiz’, who was born in 1911, was not the first revolutionary-romantic poet ...

"Have you ever paid attention to Faiz's prose? Faiz's prose is very polished and has a lot of depth." So began legendary Pakistani actor Zia Mohyeddin this past Saturday at a centennial celebration ...

“It means ‘Tablet of Eternity,’” my Baba said casually, cleaning his paintbrush. I didn’t understand, so I simply went back to coloring. After a moment of silence, he added, “You know, this singer was ...

In Urdu Poetry: The Progressive Episode (OUP 2017), author Carlo Coppola tells us about the life of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. A Professor Emeritus of Hindi-Urdu and linguistics at Oakland University, Rochester ...

This reminiscence is a tribute from a staunch Ghalibian to Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Diwan-e-Ghalib in my twilight years has become a bedside book. It serves as an oracle, in addition to being an emotional ...