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Bol, ke lab azaad hain... but are we listening? The gentrification of Faiz
February 20, 2026 9:01 am
In the age of algorithms, Faiz risks being admired for his surface while being evacuated of the political discomfort his poetry was meant to produce.
To those criticising Nawaz Sharif’s granddaughter-in-law for wearing Indian designers at her wedding: Please let fashion be
January 21, 2026 3:53 pm
Fashion has held its ground despite the Indo-Pakistani drift, primarily because of the cultural contiguity of the Subcontinent. Shared histories, aesthetics, textiles, and craftsmanship continue to shape design sensibilities on both sides of the border
Faiz’s ‘Hum dekhenge’ is not about country or religion. It is anti-oppression
May 25, 2025 12:43 pm
Three people have been booked for reciting the poem in Nagpur. But the protest anthem speaks neither for Pakistan nor for India but for a more inclusive world
Javed Akhtar says he felt like he'd won 'World War 3' after returning from Pakistan: 'Had to say these things. Should we keep quiet?'
February 25, 2023 11:34 am
Javed Akhtar, at the recently concluded Faiz Festival in Lahore, had said that the perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks are roaming freely in Pakistan. Upon his return to India, he said, he felt like he'd just won the 'Third World War'.
Javed Akhtar reminds Pakistanis that 26/11 attackers are from their country: 'You shouldn't be offended if Indians complain about this'
February 21, 2023 5:32 pm
Javed Akhtar also pointed out that even though India has hosted several renowned Pakistani artists, Pakistan never hosted Lata Mangeshkar.
Amritsar, college days and Nayyara Noor
August 24, 2022 10:29 pm
Nayyara Noor, who died of cancer last Sunday in Karachi, was a prolific singer featured on PTV.
Faiz teaches us to question. His work shouldn’t be erased from syllabus
April 28, 2022 8:54 am
Chapal Mehra writes: The removal of Faiz’s poetry from school textbooks, along with other content about humanism, democracy, and diversity, defeats the whole purpose of education
To reduce Faiz to a single identity is to crush his universal language
January 23, 2020 9:38 am
To judge Faiz for hurting Hindu sentiments is an unfair indictment of his composite vision and heritage that was shaped by India. Poets like Faiz are above political ideologies and affiliations.
‘He is still haunting unjust rulers from beyond the grave,’ says Faiz’s grandson
January 07, 2020 6:15 am
Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s grandson, Ali Madeeh Hashmi, on the controversy over Hum Dekhenge and how poetry is an inspiration for political change.
First Pak, now India has failed the poet who belongs to both countries
January 05, 2020 6:43 pm
India is, in fact, not offended by Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s “communalism”; it is offended by Faiz’s pluralist message in 2019.
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