Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna, a renowned poet and writer from Kyrgyzstan, a country shrouded in mysteries and legends, and heir to the ancient empires of Central Asia, shares her three poems
Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna was born on July 12, 1968 in the village of Kok-Zhar, Nookat district, Osh region. She owns two higher degrees. She
Humour, as a distinctive form of creative art, is relatively a modern phenomenon, and Sindhi literature is not barren of elements of good humour
I have no big claim to make about a great tradition of humour in Sindhi literature. Perhaps it may be the case with other Indian literature as well, since humour, as a distinctive form of creative
India’s nomadic pastoralists migrate for eight months a year, covering huge distances
The animals are returning on a biblical scale, flooding into this green expanse, like grains of sand rushing into an hourglass. Water buffalo, camel caravans, herds of cows and goats swarm over the horizon towards me on these vast, stark plains
G. M. Syed’s thoughts and sentiments are no secret, as he himself never concealed them anytime and anywhere in jail or outside, before courts of law or in public meetings, hostile or friendly.
Among Opposition leaders in Pakistan, Mr. G.M. Syed remained the longest period under detention after independence – more than 30 years.
I was once scrolling down my Facebook account and then I stopped at a post. It was Ms. Yvonne Ridley’s photo of 20 Scottish Muslims on a mission to visit a lonely grave in the Highlands. There they prayed and remembered the deceased with due honor. I was intrigued by the fact that the very grave is up the mountains and it belongs to the
