Lahore recently celebrated Faiz Mela – a people’s festival that allows for all classes to participate and remember the great revolutionary poet.
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Jahane Rumi- Sufi hearts in Delhi (2009 article)This was published in The Friday Times in the May 22-29, 2009 issue Getting a visa to India is a nightmare for ordinary mortals. My application was not very politely returned last month with technical objections. It was only when a letter from Harper Collins arrived that the High Commission rather efficaciously allowed me to... Read More The post Sufi hearts […]Raza
- My Interview on Identity, Politics and MediaI interviewed by Roshandan team in the summer of 2019. Saw the video a little late. Here’s the video and there is a brief description penned by Mehmood Ashraf. Roshandan interviewed Raza Rumi on his journey spanning decades of professional engagement on various policy, media and academic platforms. Raza shares his insights on what kept... Read More The post […]Mehmood Ashraf
- An Intractable Challenge: Managing Civil Military Relations in PakistanThis policy note was prepared for a report published by The Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) after the general elections of 2018. As the previous government completed its tenure, its relationship with the military establishment had considerably deteriorated. It would require a fresh effort on the part of both the incoming civilian government and the military […]Raza
- What It Means To Be A Pakistani. Exploring South Asian Diaspora With Raza RumiThe following interview is conducted by Daneesh Majid with Ahmad Raza Rumi on the subjects of identity, society and culture. A man who has donned many hats and still continues to do so, Raza Rumi has always viewed not just his homeland Pakistan, but also its Siamese twin India through various lenses. As a policy analyst, journalist,... Read More The post Wh […]Mehmood Ashraf
- Coronavirus Crisis In Pakistan Has Exposed The Hollowness Of PopulismAfter weeks of inertia, confused decision-making and contradictory signals, the federal government appears to have realized the urgency of tackling the coronavirus pandemic that is threatening millions of lives worldwide and has set into motion a global recession. It took media pressure, the emergency measures by provinces and ultimately an intervention by t […]Mehmood Ashraf
- Dr Aamir Butt has translated Sahir’s great poem into English | MufamatMufamat: Compromise Nasheb-e-arz pe zarroñ ko mushta.il pā kar bulandiyoñ pe safed-o-siyāh mil hī ga.e jo yādgār the bāham satīza-kārī kī ba-faiz-e-vaqt vo dāman ke chaak sil hī ga.e jihād ḳhatm huā daur-e-āshtī aayā sambhal ke baiTh ga.e mahmaloñ meñ dīvāne hujūm tishna-labāñ kī nigāh se ojhal chhalak rahe haiñ sharāb-e-havas ke paimāne ye jashn jashn-e-mas […]Saleem Ahmed
- Can Feminism Succeed In Pakistan?Afiya Zia, the author of ‘Faith and Feminism in Pakistan’, tells Raza Rumi that women in all parts of the country, across social classes, are becoming familiar with the feminist philosophy. She adds that Islamic politics is not opposed to women’s rights, feminism’s biggest challenge comes from the average self-righteous social media users. The post Can Femin […]Saleem Ahmed
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- Sufi hearts in Delhi (2009 article)This was published in The Friday Times in the May 22-29, 2009 issue Getting a visa to India is a nightmare for ordinary mortals. My application was not very politely returned last month with technical objections. It was only when a letter from Harper Collins arrived that the High Commission rather efficaciously allowed me to... Read More The post Sufi hearts […]
- My Interview on Identity, Politics and MediaI interviewed by Roshandan team in the summer of 2019. Saw the video a little late. Here’s the video and there is a brief description penned by Mehmood Ashraf. Roshandan interviewed Raza Rumi on his journey spanning decades of professional engagement on various policy, media and academic platforms. Raza shares his insights on what kept... Read More The post […]
- An Intractable Challenge: Managing Civil Military Relations in PakistanThis policy note was prepared for a report published by The Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) after the general elections of 2018. As the previous government completed its tenure, its relationship with the military establishment had considerably deteriorated. It would require a fresh effort on the part of both the incoming civilian government and the military […]
- What It Means To Be A Pakistani. Exploring South Asian Diaspora With Raza RumiThe following interview is conducted by Daneesh Majid with Ahmad Raza Rumi on the subjects of identity, society and culture. A man who has donned many hats and still continues to do so, Raza Rumi has always viewed not just his homeland Pakistan, but also its Siamese twin India through various lenses. As a policy analyst, journalist,... Read More The post Wh […]
- Coronavirus Crisis In Pakistan Has Exposed The Hollowness Of PopulismAfter weeks of inertia, confused decision-making and contradictory signals, the federal government appears to have realized the urgency of tackling the coronavirus pandemic that is threatening millions of lives worldwide and has set into motion a global recession. It took media pressure, the emergency measures by provinces and ultimately an intervention by t […]
- Dr Aamir Butt has translated Sahir’s great poem into English | MufamatMufamat: Compromise Nasheb-e-arz pe zarroñ ko mushta.il pā kar bulandiyoñ pe safed-o-siyāh mil hī ga.e jo yādgār the bāham satīza-kārī kī ba-faiz-e-vaqt vo dāman ke chaak sil hī ga.e jihād ḳhatm huā daur-e-āshtī aayā sambhal ke baiTh ga.e mahmaloñ meñ dīvāne hujūm tishna-labāñ kī nigāh se ojhal chhalak rahe haiñ sharāb-e-havas ke paimāne ye jashn jashn-e-mas […]
- Can Feminism Succeed In Pakistan?Afiya Zia, the author of ‘Faith and Feminism in Pakistan’, tells Raza Rumi that women in all parts of the country, across social classes, are becoming familiar with the feminist philosophy. She adds that Islamic politics is not opposed to women’s rights, feminism’s biggest challenge comes from the average self-righteous social media users. The post Can Femin […]
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- Trees of LahoreSalman Rashid Until the 1970s some one hindered and sixty species of birds were listed in Lahore. While the city had such green spaces as Lawrence Gardens, Aitchison College, the cantonment and Model Town, farm and forest on the outskirts began where Defence Society or Allama Iqbal Town and the innumerable societies now sprawl in […]
- The Lahore that I grew up in was a great placeI grew up in Lahore. All my life I lived here except for the seven years in the army and ten in Karachi. I returned again in December 1988 and have lived here since. I knew a Lahore that was a very beautiful city. It was a city of people who ere cultured, courteous and with […]
- Odysseus LahoriFellow of Royal Geographical Society, Salman Rashid is author of several books including jhelum: City of the Vitasta and The Apricot Road to Yarkand, Riders on the Wind, Between two Burrs on the Map, Prisoner on a Bus and Sea Monsters and the Sun God. He is the only Pakistani to have seen the North […]
- Lahore Metro – Pros, Cons & PerceptionsA state of the art metro bus system – brand new and unique in Pakistan – should make every Lahori proud of their city today. A lot has been written and said about this system. And as is the case with almost everything in Pakistan, the points of views are poles apart. Many people regard […]
- Lahore at its best
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