In defence of feudalism Dr Hameeda Khuhro The Friday Times of 23 May 1996 contains a review of Quarterly Aaj, Karachi ki Kahani’. A ‘note’ she attributes to me and which is not perhaps of the book which I have not yet seen. The review is an out and out defamation of Sindhi and Sindhis […]
The nature of Sindhi feudalism Khaled Ahmed I think my review made clear, on the basis of the facts presented, that the Sindhis were more tolerant of the Hindus in Sindh than was the case in the other provinces. Perhaps like the Pakhtuns, who absorbed the aliens through a unifying folk tradition of Pakhtunwali, the […]
Digging up the truth about Karachi Khaled Ahmed If you start with the destruction of Sohrab Goth in 1986, Karachi appears as a city of endemic violence that doesn’t understand its own impulses and is given to self-pity. Although in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore, everyone seems to know what was wrong and who was responsible, […]
If you read one magazine this week, read AAJ (QUARTERLY) The magazine has come out with a double issue entitled Karachi ki Kahani in two parts priced at Rs 100 each. “Understanding the city needs sci- vig and vice versa…”, the issue opens with this quote from an expert on urban issues who speaks of […]
Playing foul in Karachi Ghazi Salahuddin There was one more strike in Karachi on Thursday. It was, once again, called by the MQM, this time to protest against the amendment in the Sindh Local Government Ordinance (SLGO), passed by the Sindh Assembly. But what made it different at the beginning was the call from the […]
to be found in any academic tome. In India, as elsewhere, journalists both court and are courted by the political establishment. Tavleen Singh avoids all the usual pitfalls of proximity but has to pay the price. Simply because she frequently met and interviewed Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of Kashmir, she is hauled up […]
From the graveyard of Urdu literary periodicals, which Pakistan has seen for a long time, has emerged a successful venture of high taste and meticulous scholarship. The credit goes to Ajmal Kamal who apart from being a good writer of Urdu is an excellent and brave translator. His productions is of high quality with virtually […]
We expect our newspapers and political journals to enlighten us about important events occurring in different parts of the world. The Press may or may not come up to our expectations. What, however, is more important is that there are some events, which in view of their human significance, ask for more than journalistic treatment. […]
Dr Muhammad Umar Memon – The Sage and the translator Ali Shameem RECENTLY, met Muhammad Umar Memon after almost a decade and a half. We first met each other way back in 1965 together all by ourselves, instead of the mundane introduction by a common friend. We hit it off together as young friends during […]
A 528-page special number on Sarajevo. In a brief, bold, and precisely worded Introduction, editor Ajmal Kamal focuses on the tragedy of Bosnia; on the efforts of conscientious European writers and journalists both to underscore the true dimensions of the cultural loss and to suspend its tragic consequences in the realm of literature and to […]