Nguyen Van Dien, a poet from Vietnam, the Land of Blue Dragon, shares his three poems
Nguyen Van Dien, a poet from Vietnam, was born in 1958 at his hometown Hung Yen. He is member of Vietnamese Writers’ Association, Deputy Director of Vietnamese Literary Copyright Center, and Member of Hung Yen Literature and Arts Association. His
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
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
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
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
