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Whose Corpse is this on the Battlefield: Remembering Tanveer Abbasi

At this critical juncture the voices of humanist poets like Tanveer Abbasi are vital towards steadying our bearings in the storm Whose corpse is this on the battlefield? Hee kehnjo lash aa jang jey maidan ma.n*? As the news media inundates our screens with a deluge of images of lifeless bodies in the deadly wars raging in the

Remembering Pakistani Poet Fahmida Riaz, Who Feared Fanaticism Everywhere

For Fahmida, personal freedom and Constitutional democracy were inherently intertwined with the idea of justice On a sultry Karachi afternoon in 2017, at the iconic Beach Luxury Hotel where I was speaking at a Literature Festival, I spotted Fahmida Riaz in a wheelchair. Making my way through the crowds, I rushed to her and offered my

MY PLANET IS MY CHOICE – A Poem from Bosnia Herzegovina

Maid Corbic, a young poet hailing from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares his poem on love for planet Hailing from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maid is 23 years old. In his spare time he writes poetry. He is moderator of the World Literature Forum Peace and Humanity, held in Bhutan. He is also the editor of the First Virtual Art

Hindi and Urdu: A language divided, or a shared history destroyed?

Krisha Hirani reflects on the linguistic and sociopolitical histories of Hindi and Urdu after a chance encounter in Tesco. I was in Tesco last week, looking at the tomatoes. A man to my right commented on the ripeness of the peppers. I made a good-humored reply – the tomatoes weren’t pakka hua either. He told me my Urdu was

Literature: New Edition of Dystopian Poem Sangria

Serbian writer Ana Stjelja has published the bilingual edition of the dystopian poem Sangria in Serbian and English Belgrade Correspondent Serbian writer Ana Stjelja has just published her new edition – the dystopian poem Sangria. This publication was published as a bilingual edition, in Serbian and English. The dystopian poem