PinnedIn Search OF Lost TimesThe scorching heat of summer lying dormant for some months awakes from its slumber quite early in Lahore. Much to the disappointment of…May 29, 2020May 29, 2020
PinnedNo path to our salvationIt is an unusual March. The cold of winter is still locked in an embrace with the spring like two nervously enfolded lovers who prolong…Apr 1, 2023Apr 1, 2023
PinnedThe Divine ComedyWhen E M Foster in his short story ‘The celestial omnibus’ gave a stir to imagination and traveled through the skies, he met Dante, Homer…Sep 15, 2021Sep 15, 2021
PinnedDestiny in the dockThe fog was thickening with the setting of the sun. The bridge was blanketed with a cloud of hazy smoke, that seemed to be simmering from…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
PinnedSoliloquy of a solitary walkerThe dusk was descending slowly upon the aisles. Dusk which appeared to have smuggled the collective silence of December, and creased it on…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Was it a dream?We left Gulberg after stalking all its elegant streets, meandering past its mightily rich shops and stores. Heaps of luxury all around yet…Jul 12, 2022Jul 12, 2022
Gone with the windThe curtains are finally comming down. The odyssey is comming to a close. It was but a matter of few years, but me and my little heart…Jun 16, 2022Jun 16, 2022
Misfortune comes not aloneI am a great advocate of Voltaire’s famous suggestion in his landmark work ‘Candide’ that “one must cultivate one’s own garden”, implying…Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
Commotion among the rosebushesThe sands of the Afghan govt are rapidly running out, and the final collapse is not far away. The recent Taliban advances, clear writing on…Aug 13, 2021Aug 13, 2021
Love among the ruins?Discontent is not necessarily a mood which the gods reserved only for winters. For someone on good terms with misfortune and frequently…Jun 3, 2021Jun 3, 2021
