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1.0KPoetryLook,Promtheous is Unbound! Aurangzeb Wattoo
He was chained,For a crime he committed,Most loathed and infernal,In the eyes of all the gods,He was chained to mountains,And they put...
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759PoetryWhite Swan (in imitation of Yeats)-Shahid Imtiaz
Oh, my white swan,Why are you so mute?You seldom twitter to others I know thatMysterious, enigmatic, and sacredBut I understand your silence...
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1.6KFeatureLiterary Festivals Return to Post-coronial Pakistan-Aurangzeb Wattoo
March is the brightest month for literature lovers in Pakistan as it ended the suffocating era of COVID 19 and it brought...
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901PoetryWhen This Is Over-Zainab Manko
When this is over I want to see you again Like fresh a lotus I want to feel you Cup your face...
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929Book ReviewTaraqqi Pasand Afsana:Muashrati-O-Tabqati Kashmakash(Progressive Short Story: Social and Class Conflict)-A Review-Dr.Reyaz Kashmiri
Progressive Writers’ Movement is without any doubt one of the greatest movements in Urdu literature. The movement’s influence on Urdu literature especially...
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908PoetryThe Lost File of Love-Aasma Tahir
Anarkali!What’s this noise in the courtyard of your tomb?Whenever I feel lonely and dejected,And this world kills my creativity,I open the windowHere...
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2.8KInterviewsPast, Present, and Future of Pakistani-English Literature-Muneeza Shamsie Speaks to The Prelude
Muneeza Shamsie is a prestigious writer, an Eminent critic, bibliographer, literary journalist and a reputed editor in terms of Pakistani-English Literature. She...
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1.1KArticlesShehnaz: The Indian Beauty Who Mesmerized Everyone, From Nehru to Dilip Kumar-Sophia Naz
In the early 50s, not long after she had arrived in Bombay (later Mumbai) as a newly-married bride, my mother portrayed Anarkali...
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1.2KPoetryThe Dance of Life-Asif Khan
The table was small, and he had put too many things on it, things large and small, precious and fragile, placed in...
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1.1KShort StoriesAiza-Zakia Nasir
She sat in her office simmering with indignation, fists clenching and unclenching, sheresisted the desire to bang them on the table, as...
