Nayyara Noor’s name translated into ‘a radiant star of light’. On 20 th August, the star of her life on earth was extinguished after a batt...

In my snootier days, I was an even more of insufferable snob about pop culture than I am now, disdainfully looking down upon things that I c...

  In August 2020 (Yes, I am going to start just like that, with no explanation or excuse for the blog’s three-year stasis), I found myself w...

I am somewhat notorious for prevaricating when put on the spot, especially when asked to give my opinion on a given subject. The prevaricat...

The last two posts were devoted to an exploration of the Ghazal, a centuries old poetic form popular across the Indo-Persianate region, in...