PinnedFakhar e HaiderIn 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…6 min read·May 29, 2020----
PinnedFakhar e HaiderNo 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…3 min read·Apr 1, 2023----
PinnedFakhar e HaiderThe 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…3 min read·Sep 15, 2021----
PinnedFakhar e HaiderDestiny 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…7 min read·Jan 18, 2021----
PinnedFakhar e HaiderSoliloquy 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…2 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Fakhar e HaiderWas 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…2 min read·Jul 12, 2022----
Fakhar e HaiderGone 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…5 min read·Jun 16, 2022----
Fakhar e HaiderMisfortune 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…4 min read·Aug 20, 2021----
Fakhar e HaiderCommotion 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…2 min read·Aug 13, 2021----
Fakhar e HaiderLove 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…1 min read·Jun 3, 2021----