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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

In the wild-land of despotism – A Poem from Sudan

Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla, a poet and writer from war-ravaged African country Sudan, shares his latest poem Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker is a TEFL Teacher, Poet, Journalist, Activist, and Freelance Interpreter/ Translator from Umbda Omdurman – Sudan. He also has been working as a debate leader discussing various topics in many

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

Guru Nanak’s Visit to Azerbaijan in first decade of 16th Century

The Baku Atishgah, often called the “Fire Temple of Baku”, was used as a Hindu, Sikh and Zoroastrian place of worship. In his article Guru Nanak’s Travel an appraisal of Baku Visit, Gurvinder Singh Chohan has concluded that Guru Nanak did visit Baku because of the information in Memoirs of Zehir-ED-Din Mohammed Babur

A Piece of Bread… A Bouquet of Poems from Italy

Angela Kosta, a renowned poetess and writer, born in Albania and based in Italy, shares her three poems Angela Kosta was born in Albania in 1973 and has lived in Italy since 1995. She is also a translator, essayist, literary critic and promoter. She has published 11 books – novels, poems and fairy tales in Albanian, Italian and