Articles with tag: faiz

Faiz Ahmad Faiz - A Blameworthy Sufi?

Asif Naqshbandi Nov 13, 2009 interacts: 5

His works translated into Russian, and a recipient of the USSR's equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Lenin Prize, at heart he still remained loyal, deep down, to his land and its culture and roots.

25 Years On: Remember Faiz

Rakesh Mani Nov 9, 2009 interacts: 31

Faiz Ahmed Faiz is still remembered - on the 25th anniversary of his death - as a revolutionary. He was a humanist in the best sense of the word, and his poetry was free of any racial or religious prejudice.

Neruda and Faiz: Great Contemporary Poets

Ikramul Haq Jul 9, 2009 interacts: 12

One was honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature and the other with Lenin Peace Prize. Both Neruda and Faiz, like many others, notably Nazim Hikmet and Mahmoud Darwish, were essentially anti-colonialists and anti-imperialists.

When Faiz was Imprisoned

Khalid Sohail May 11, 2009 interacts: 21

His sense of guilt as a father, husband and son even made him question the moral basis of his idealistic lifestyle. In one of his letters he wonders whether idealism is one form of selfishness.

Translation of a (Love) Letter by Allama Iqbal to Miss Atiya Faizi

Asif Naqshbandi Jul 20, 2008 interacts: 130

Atiya Faizi was the socialite daughter of a prominent Bombay trader named Hussain Afandi. She was born in 1891 and first met Iqbal in Cambridge in 1907.

Allama Iqbal and His Women

Rafi Aamer Jun 10, 2007 interacts: 60

When we study the psychological aspect of Iqbal’s life, we find out that despite having a sensitive heart and a brilliant mind, he had to struggle against many romantic contradictions through out his life.

Shades of Grey

Z Rana Oct 14, 2005 interacts: 35

There is something about Faiz that still evokes controversy long after his death. For some he was a great poet, for others a great teacher and a revolutionary ... the problem arises when people confuse Faiz the poet with Faiz the thinker and revolutionary

Growing Up Red

Ali Hashmi Sep 28, 2005 interacts: 84

My maternal grandfather, ‘Nana’ to us kids, who I later found out was one of the root causes of my ’trouble’ was mostly absent. He had been in self imposed exile since being imprisoned in 1951 when he had spent 4 years in jail for

The Fight

Syed Ali Sep 18, 2004 interacts: 10

Hai yeh jang zindagi ki mot say
Man will find a reason to live
In the most desolate desert of life
There will always be a worthy fight

Nomad

Temporal Aug 29, 2004 interacts: 12

cascading life’s love and tears
mended and broken relationships
waves upon waves of sunrises
urge him to newer frontiers