Honored
Chowk Staff Mar 28, 2007 interacts: 24Humanists honour psychiatrist and writer Dr. Khalid Sohail
Saqi Farooqi ... A Rebellious Poet
Khalid Sohail May 14, 2008 interacts: 21He likes to be in the centre of controversy and to achieve that he challenges every literary, social, religious, moral and sexual taboo that he
Bulleh Shah
Umair Raja Sep 12, 2004 interacts: 67
A man, whose writings - barely understood, even by those who speak his language - contain, amongst them, such enlightening
Freud and Jung and Their Secret Affairs
Khalid Sohail Jun 17, 2008 interacts: 136Of all of Freud’s admirers and critics, the most complex, complicated and troubled relationship was of Carl Jung. He started as an admirer and ended
The Diva as Devi
Farzana Versey Sep 28, 2003 interacts: 39Lata Mangeshkar personifies the Indian obsession with the woman on a pedestal. But, has she in any way made the Indian woman feel that power?
Dev Anand - Romancing Life at 83
Shantanu Dutta Sep 19, 2007 interacts: 12
The launch of Dev Anand's autobiography Romancing with Life is being done by no less than PM Manmohan Singh.
The Death of Edward Said -- A tribute
Malik S Khar Sep 28, 2003 interacts: 193Palestinians have lost a spokesperson, Columbia University has lost a Professor, the music world has lost an accomplished pianist and I have lost a mentor.
Jacques Derrida, Founder of Deconstruction, is Dead
Mohammad Gill Nov 12, 2004 interacts: 4..Make it your last question because it sends deconstruction into paroxysm of rage. Yet the theory of deconstruction was the rage...
Stephen Gill on his Writing and Diaspora
Nailanshu Agarwal Aug 15, 2007 interacts: 2Multiple award-winning author Stephen Gill was born in Pakistan, grew in India and has settled in Canada after staying in Ethiopia and England for a
Periyar An Iconoclast and a Reformer
Shantanu Dutta Sep 20, 2007 interacts: 15
Dr. Ambedkar found his answers (to caste problem) in Buddhism, Periyar felt the answer lay in humanism and he became
Death Be Not Proud
Ali Hashmi Oct 23, 2003 interacts: 16It was close to midnight when I found out that Mani had died.
Mehreen Jabbar
Laila Kazmi Dec 21, 2003 interacts: 11To Mehreen experimenting with a story is one of the most interesting parts of creating a play.
The Creator of Legends
Sunil K Poolani May 17, 2005 interacts: 9
An obituary... one of the greatest writers the world has ever produced. And what raised him to that pedestal is
Searching for Qurratulain Hyder in a Delhi Kabristan
Mayank AustenSoofi Nov 14, 2007 interacts: 10
I was looking for a grave. In the next hill perhaps? For Qurratulain Hyder. She was an Urdu writer who
Greatest Indians
Bhaskar Dasgupta Sep 28, 2003 interacts: 11Ideally speaking, the Bharat Ratna award should give a list of the greatest Indians, but I was rather disappointed with it, it doesn’t fit into
An Evening with Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan: A Tribute
Asif Naqshbandi Apr 17, 2007 interacts: 31I met Asad Amanat Ali Khan a few years ago; I didn't think I'd never meet him again.
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