What is freedom? What is democracy? What is nationalism? What should children be taught? How can nuclear weapons destroy the mankind? These are some unsettling questions we confront in the contemporary age. The eminent philosopher, Bertrand Russell has offered...
"Naazul, I cannot believe how lazy you are becoming day by day. Leave your phone, pray isha and do not forget to recite Holy Quran and Ayat ul Kursi before you sleep." shouted my mom at me at an...
Be it society, man or human's sordid existence, Arundhati Roy, an Indian Right activist, an architect and most of all, an appealing author, is always subject to media discussions. Though most known for her non-fictional works like The Algebra...
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a novelist, short story and non-fiction writer, was born on January 5, 1938 in Kamirithu, Kenya. His original name is James Thiong’o. He began writing while he was a university student and has published more than...
Stranger
Balochi Poetry: Pazeer GM
English Translation: Nabeel Armaan
Tis life
Tis servitude
Night's color is the delightness of walls and streets
My feet are detached from my wheat skined land
Stranger come here
Moving where
Will you not bind the salt of river with your throat
That it...
"You are wanted, Big, small, tall, Short, pretty, plain, friendly, shy, Don’t let anyone tell you, otherwise not even yourself. Especially not yourself"
Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, but no one’s ever looked past her weight to see who...
0“A craving for love” is an excellent novel, authored by a well-known Balochi writer, Ghani Parwaz and was translated into English by Amjad Bojair in 2014. The book itself in Balochi language was published in 2000 by Jamshad Publications,...
It was the happiest day of Kamalaan's life because his dream was coming true: the dream which he saw every night: the dream with which he grew up. But, somehow his dream always made him worried and anxious about...
The book "Murg da’ima baal kanant" is one of the most mysterious books that I have ever read. This book is the combination of different beautiful short stories which talk about the various Baloch societal problems and their solutions....
When the day departs,
Your happiness recedes.
The blue eyes not,
Imply at thee in low-spirited
Only in your lane
You speak not but,
When you speak,
A peel of laughter echoes across the graveyard.
When you smile,
The whole world smiles with you
For,
You smile a beautiful smile
If...
