Hasnain Baloch, an itinerant, hailing from the pleasing and mountainous land of Baloch in Balochistan, has always been fond of paying visits to the historical places of the region. For him, occasionally the travels were heaped up with blessings,...
"Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; few to be chewed and digested."
The English philosopher Bacon's call to deal different books differently is thought-provoking as there are books about love, war, traditions, culture, traveling, history, technology but what...
An apology
To myself, engulfing my guilt of silence
An apology of the pen I possess
A duty I skipped, not sometimes although
Covering with grieved rain of tears amidst the veiled truth
Naked, thenceafter!
The descending attempts of fear making room inside
I leave!
Making my...
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...
He was sitting still for hours and staring at the black dot on the white wall of the room with frozen eyes. It seemed like his connections with nothingness just started to be built and he was hanging in...
If God smiles...!
In the world of humanity
Where God desperately gathers the happinesses
Excluding all the sorrows!
The birds dream of a system with justice
Not only in words but in practical!
Beseeching to the nearest to God, we eye you Hayat
If thou finds...
"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...
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...
Originally written by Altaf Sakhi in Balochi & translated into English by Ali Jan Maqsood
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مرچی پُریں دو سال ات کہ آ چہ لوگءَ دراتکگ ات.....بلے آ هچ بر چو ملُور نہ ات چو کہ مرچی آ چو ملُور ات......شپ...
Introduction to the Writer
The renowned novel, The River Between, is published in 1965 by Ngugi Wa Thiang'O. Ngugi is a venerated writer around the world. He was born in Kenya. He is considered the greatest novelist of East Africa...
