About Me
Raza Rumi
A travelling soul with diverse interests ranging from Urdu, literature to music and from psychologyand Sufism to cinema. History is another unwavering passion of mine. Lahore is my janam bhoomi and Pakistan is what defines me in its entirety. Yet I am a citizen of the world and my Muslim identity, howsoever fractured in these times, is central to my being. I have created this space to prompt a conference of words where people sharing my interests could contribute their thoughts and writings. I have also posted my recent writings on diverse topics - some of these have been published in a Pakistani weekly publication.
And, yet ki janaa mein kaun? for I do not recognize myself…
Raza Rumi is a freelance writer from
Raza is also regular writer at All Things Pakistan, Desicritics, and Global Voices. Raza has worked in
He can be reached via this email address.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:20 am
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April 12th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Ms. Faryal Ali Gauhar has sent an eye opening letter, substantiated with the heroic struggle of the forefathers of American political leadership in 17th and 18th centry.
Could it be possible if we could have the email address of this heroic lady, please??
Munir H. Shah
General Secretary
Shehr-e-Iqbal Alumni (Sialkot Forum)
Islamabad
April 16th, 2008 at 6:31 am
A wonderful site. Enjoyed it a lot. Please can you introduce me to Pakistani Poets writing in English. I wish to publish their works in Hudson View. I happen to be its editor.
Regards
Amitabh
April 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Greetings from Washington state! My name is Michelle, and I am a high school literature teacher (currently a substitute) here. I am reading a book entitled The Places In Between, by Rory Stewart. In this book, the author walks through Afghanistan and recounts his observations and interactions throughout the journey. Perhaps you are familiar with this book? In any case, he talks about the Bamiyan Buddhas, and I was intrigued to find out more about these sculptures and their destruction, which led me to your blog. I read the poetic letter from Vidya Rao, then viewed your paintings and poetry posted on the site. I wanted to thank you for sharing these words and paintings with the world, for we need them so desperately. I yearn to go to Bamiyan myself, and Pakistan as well…someday, I hope.
Thank you again for words that have made such an impact.
With warm regards,
Michelle
May 1st, 2008 at 9:27 am
Hi to Michelle ! A teacher of Literature from Washington. Forgive me this trespass (unsolicited advice)… but as Shakespeare said : “Frankness of expression is the purity of soul”… i would suggest that if you get a chance, read Annemarie Schimmel (Mystical Dimensions of Islam), and other books by Annemarie Schimmel. Schimmel captures the “heart” ! The “meat” as Rumi says, throwing bones for the others ! Schimmel will guide you… and she is a great guide !
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 am
Wonderful.
Find time to visit www.pratilipi.in ,possibly the first bilingual (Hindi-English), bimonthly online literary magazine.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
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