Poem Today: I am New York City
i am new york city here is my brain of hot sauce my tobacco teeth my mattress of bedbug tongue legs apart hand on chin war on the roof insults
Once They Were My Captors, Now They Rule Syria
A personal essay on regime change in Syria: “I’ve spent the past few days watching my former captors’ wildest dreams come true.” … Continue readingOnce They Were My Captors, Now They Rule Syria
Jackie Onassis’ Trial Against Paparazzo Ron Galella Revisited in a New Book
Inside the 1972 trial that pitted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis against New York’s most unrelenting paparazzo, Ron Galella. … Continue readingJackie Onassis’ Trial Against Paparazzo Ron Galella Revisited in a New Book
Friday Poem: God’s Violin
Good and evil are only high and low on one string of god’s violin. There are other strings being played stretching from our guts to the end of the world.
About the GT Road (Grand Trunk Road)
by Irshad Salim: When the GT Road (Grand Trunk Road) was operational, it connected the subcontinent with the Asia Pacific in the East, and the Central Asian region in the
جی ٹی روڈ (گرینڈ ٹرنک روڈ)
جب جی ٹی روڈ (گرینڈ ٹرنک روڈ) کام کر رہی تھی — اس نے برصغیر کو مشرق میں ایشیا پیسیفک اور مغرب میں وسطی ایشیا سے جوڑ دیا۔ اس وقت۔
Sunday Poem: Big Head
By Stuart Watson: This poem was inspired by the image of joyous citizens of Damascus carrying the severed sculptural head… … Continue readingSunday Poem: Big Head
نیوٹن سے کسی نے ایک بار پوچھا
نیوٹن دنیا کا مشہور سائنس دان تھا۔ اس کے تین قوانین آج بھی دنیا بھر میں پڑھائے جاتے ہیں۔ … Continue readingنیوٹن سے کسی نے ایک بار پوچھا
Pakistan: Comprador Nation
Ammar Ali Jan: Since 1958, US backing for the army –seen as an essential counterweight to Soviet influence –has made the country’s political sphere hostile for democratic forces. … Continue readingPakistan: Comprador Nation
Noam Chomsky at 96
The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence… … Continue readingNoam Chomsky at 96
واہ کراچی آہ کراچی
کراچی نامہ۔ واہ کراچی آہ کراچی۔ ماضی کے جھروکوں سے۔
از سید آفتاب حسین رضوی … Continue readingواہ کراچی آہ کراچی
Lessons From Singapore: Urban Planning and Garden Spaces
Singapore’s leadership realized sanitation, landscaping and urban planning were not just about livability or property values. … Continue readingLessons From Singapore: Urban Planning and Garden Spaces