Just when everyone has gone into isolation I am emerging from self-imposed hibernation to write this piece. A week or so before the closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there was high drama in our daughter’s household. Their soon-to-be-six (going-on-sixteen) daughter got back from school one afternoon and excitedly told her parents and …
Hum Dekhenge … We Shall See
Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911 – 1984) was a Pakistani poet par-excellence. A staunch Marxist, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. His strong opposition to illiberal political and religious ideologies resulted in frequent jail sentences and forced or self-imposed exile in England and Lebanon. In 1990, Pakistan …
Smorgasbord
A dear friend and I met recently for our monthly lunch. It is always the same location and pretty much the same menu – a cool one accompanied by guacamole and nachos, followed by soup and a sandwich with coffee to conclude our session that usually extends from 12.30 pm to 3.45 pm. In spite …
Passing time … time pass?
Once again, crystal balls will be dropped in Time Square, NY and elsewhere while fireworks will light up the skies around the world as we bid farewell to a decade and prepare to welcome 2020. Personal resolutions will be made and in some cases, may even survive the passage of time beyond the first few …
