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Socialism i Amal
Baloch poem by Gul Khan Nasir with English translation: Marchi dunya pa tarr o taab aa inth Socialism ai amal pa daab aa inth Sindh ai waddayra waaja lakkaanee Lenin ai thaw gwashe jawaab aa inth Chau… more →
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Socialism i Amal
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Umer wrote 1 month ago: Baloch poem by Gul Khan Nasir with English translation: Marchi dunya pa tarr o taab aa inth Socialis … more →
Utho meri duniya ke ghareeboN ko Jaga do (Farman-e-Khuda)
Umer wrote 3 months ago: The RedDiary is posting this interesting rendition of Allma Iqbal’s famous poem ‘Farman- … more →
Khuda-e-bartar teri zameeN par
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Umer wrote 4 months ago: Khuda-e-bartar teri zameeN par Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Vocals: Lata Mangeshkar Kudaa-e-bartar terii … more →
Naghma-e-Zakhm-e-Dil: Songs of the Wounded Hearts
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Umer wrote 6 months ago: by Shahram Azhar Many people who know little or nothing about Laal’s evolution question the practica … more →
Adieu Iqbal Bano!
Umer wrote 7 months ago: - Liberation, May, 2009. Adieu Iqbal Bano! You will live on as the sub-continent’s voice of defiance … more →
Laal's Response to NFP
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Umer wrote 9 months ago: A reply from Taimur Rahman of Laal to NFP’s article: Recently Nadeem Farooq Piracha wrote an a … more →
The Dawn of Freedom
Umer wrote 9 months ago: This translation of a famous poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Subh-e-Azadi, was introduced to me by Mat Noir … more →
Laal Perform at Islamabad
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Umer wrote 9 months ago: Laal Play to Celebrate Restoration of Chief Justice … more →
Rare Recordings of Habib Jalib
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Umer wrote 9 months ago: Habib Jalib (Urdu: حبیب جالب) was one of the renowned Pakistani revolutionary and Urdu poets of 20th … more →
Laal's Interview
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Umer wrote 9 months ago: Laal take off on an ideological musical odyssey With their debut record, Umeed e Sahar, Laal is all … more →
Laal: Umeed-e-Sahar
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Umer wrote 9 months ago: Laal’s album has finally been released. Cassettes and CD’s are available in the market. … more →
Patriarchy and Caste System
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Umer wrote 10 months ago: by Taimur Rahman As I have elaborated before, the Asiatic Mode of Production (AMP) in India is based … more →
This Land is Your Land
Umer wrote 11 months ago: Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at the Obama inaugural celebration concert They tried to stop me, … more →
Letter from Gaza
Umer wrote 11 months ago: by Ghassan Kanafani Dear Mustafa, I have now received your letter, in which you tell me that you … more →
Voice of Thunder
Umer wrote 11 months ago: Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, in Amritsar (1919) Give me a voice of thunder That I may hurl implicat … more →
Maxim Gorky’s ‘Mother’ — a review
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Umer wrote 1 year ago: Kazim Aizaz Alam “Mothers are hardly ever pitied,” wrote Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) in his landmark nov … more →
Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Umer wrote 1 year ago: Music by Shahram Azhar and Taimur Rahman of Laal, the Band. Translation of Lyrics Yesterday, Today a … more →
Literary Travels with Lacee Low... California
Lacee Low wrote 1 year ago: John Steinbeck is from California and is one of my favorite authors. I read Of Mice and Men a thousa … more →
Ahmed Faraz
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Umer wrote 1 year ago: An immortal poem by Ahmed Faraz that appeared in the journal of Pakistan Workers’ Association, … more →
