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The Horses Have Ordained
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070430/prakesh Inevitable Revolutions by GYAN PRAKASH [from the April 30, 2007 issue] E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India ends with a poignant exchange between Aziz,… more →
O ineluctable superiority of northerness!
The Horses Have Ordained
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070430/prakesh Inevitable Revolutions by GYAN PRAKASH [from the April … more →
Yeh Jo Halka Halka
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: Been listening to Jeff Buckley’s cover of this Nusrat gem a lot lately. Had to translate it. T … more →
Ustad Bismillah Khan's Shehnai
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: Ustad Bismillah Khan-Interesting facts: Ustad Bismillah Khan was in Satyajit Ray’s Jalsaghar a … more →
The Venerable Bahadur Shah Zafar
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hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: The Cranes and the Adonises, step aside. *Bugles Blare* Bahadur Shah Zafar is the true original exil … more →
In the line of fire, Prez Pervez and the Lawyer's Ire
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: My wavering faith in blogs is enlivened every time I stray towards CM, that veritable mystery of the … more →
Every Moth Has Its Blog Post
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: Thus hath the candle sing’d the moath: O these deliberate fooles when they doe choose, They ha … more →
Zafar Style Valentine's 02/14/07
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: DardmandAn-e-muhabbat ka mu’alij kaun hai Hazrat Luqman bhi gar hain voh tabeeb auron ke hain … more →
Iqbal on Shakespeare
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: hifz-e-asrar ko fitrart ka hai sowda aisa razdan phir na karay gi paida aisa Such is nature’s … more →
Who'll let the Biharis Out?
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: Whither stranded Pakistanis? But it was left to lawyer Aziz Munshi to speak for the “legal and … more →
Karachicootchie
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: A call-to-arms to improve the city that interestingly resonates with some of Karachi’s eternal … more →
Faiz Translated; Dasht-e-Tanhai 7/23/06
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: A Translation Of Faiz’s “Dasht-e-Tanhai (The Desert of Solitude) by little ol’me. … more →
Farid Ayaz Qawwal and Party; Grinnel, IA 2/25/06
hoopoe wrote 2 years ago: Went to a Qawwali concert at Grinnell College last night. Saw Farid Ayaz Qawwal and party’s pe … more →
