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		<title>Jahane Rumi has moved to razarumi.com</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/jahane-rumi-has-moved-to-razarumicom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jahane Rumi has moved to www.razarumi.com yesterday. It is sad to bid farewell to this blog address &#8211; for months, I found a generous host in wordpress.com. However, it was  time to move on &#8211; and so I have. Of course, my host&#8217;s imprint travels with me &#8211; razarumi.com is powered by wordpress! Wish me luck<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=535&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unwelcome break from blogging, not without a reason. I have been busy with developing www.razarumi.com &#8211; this blog will be moving there soon. And, then I had to read all the comments on my post &#8211; Top Five Reasons for Loving Pakistan at All Things Pakistan and write a longish reponse. The reactions were interesting to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=534&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hope &#8211; A poem by Ayesha Salman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had earlier posted a few poems by Ayesha Salman. She has sent me her new poem which, true to her style, is original and inventive with the diction.  Hope   You pour in me deliciously Soothing my mind Settling my soul Steady in your faith Aching for a promise left unsaid   A green breeze sweeps us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=533&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Murree Ghosts &#8211; my recent painting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 16:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been busy with discovering the pleasure of painting &#8211; playing with colours and mixing visions and inspirations with linseed oil. The results are alas not that great. However, it is the process of being focused on and immersed in the canvas, that I find most elevating. The painting above is inspired by my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=511&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insider&#8217;s Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/insiders-indonesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 17:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lush green vistas and the eclectic Javanese culture, the breathtaking Bali coastline and the curiously composite Islamic identity of the country made up my vague visions of Indonesia. With all these jumbled up figments of consciousness, I was given a bit of a reality check when on my first trip there an airport immigration officer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=500&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Reluctant Fundamentalist &#8211; Book Review</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/the-reluctant-fundamentalist-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 18:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mohsin Hamid&#8217;s second novel is out. It has made to several bestsellers&#8217; lists and invokes a theme central to our times. I am posting a well written review by Mahi here that in spite of its subjectivity expresses the viewpoint of an intelligent and informed reader. This review was written exclusively for Jahane Rumi and therefore I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=509&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selections from Shah Hussain&#8217;s poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 18:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the new Lahore lies buried Shah Husain and with him lies buried the myth of Lal Husain. Still, at least once a year we can hear the defused echoes of the myth. As the lights glimmer on the walls of Shalamar, the unsophisticated rhythms of swinging bodies and exulting voices curiously insist on being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=510&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maybe They&#8217;re Shy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 11:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now the nightbirds will be singing of the way we love each other. Why should they sing about flowers when they&#8217;ve seen us in the garden? Maybe they&#8217;re shy. They can&#8217;t look at the face, so they describe feet. If they keep dividing love into pieces, they&#8217;ll disappear altogether. We must be gentle and explain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=507&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abida Parveen sings &#8220;teray ishq nachaya..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/abida-parveen-sings-teray-ishq-nachaya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 12:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I recited Bulleh Shah&#8217;s poetry this evening, a friend sent a link to another video of Abida Parveen singing Bulleh&#8217;s mystic poetry in her inimitable style. Lo and behold, I also found an online translation of the verse (see below after the video). Here is a translation of the verse rendered in this video: O Physician, come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=504&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>sanon apna yaar rajhawan dey &#8211; Bulleh Shah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With due apologies to those who cannot understand Punjabi. I will work on a translation sometime later. mar na mulla bulariyan sanon apna yaar rajhawan dey kanjri banyaan meri ezat na ghatdi meinon naach ke yaar manawan deey loog ishaq noon mool gindey meinnoon gaal wich mala pawan deey Bulleh shah odi oo janey meinon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=494&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tiburon &#8211; a poem by Fatima Hasan</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/tiburon-a-poem-by-fatima-hasan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 17:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The budding poet Fatima Hasan visited San Francisco and was inspired by a place called Tiburon. The impact of its natural beauty was so immense that she ended up composing the captioned poem. Read the poem here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=503&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amrita Shergil&#8217;s Lahore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 12:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khalid Hasan writing for the Friday Times: &#8220;Amrita Sher-Gil is one with the earth of Lahore. Is there no one in this city that she chose as home to build a memorial to her, or at least put a plaque at 23 Sir Ganga Ram Mansion in remembrance of a painter who has left her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=426&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;This Useless Heart&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart, since you embraced the mysteries, you have become useless for anything else. Go mad, don&#8217;t stay sane. People meditate to get something. All you do is give. Crazy Majnun&#8217;s priorities are now yours, too. If you want to be respectable, why do you go downtown drunk? It&#8217;s no good just sitting in some corner, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=499&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love and reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 15:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love and reputation, brother, are not in harmony: don&#8217;t stand at the door of reputation, if you are a lover. Rumi Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=498&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on M F Husain &#8211; the great artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 14:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about M F Husain&#8217;s persecution at the hands of extremists here. Parvaiz Alvi sent me images of his works that were most representative of his early style. Ethereal lines and hues transform the canvas. View the images here Just read today that Sotheby will showcase some of his works (among other Indian artists). Loved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=475&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jal gaya – tha ik roshniyon ka shaher</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 14:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aggrieved by the recent sinister, senseless violence and brutal murders in Pakistan, this is my feeble attempt at poetic expression. I have also trans-created this Urdu poem below titled Adrift.  &#160; Jal gaya – tha ik roshniyon ka shaher Bujh gaye kitnay jaltay aur adh-jalay chiragh Magar kotwaal-i-shaher ne mur kar na dekha Jism kis ka, khoon kahan aur maut kaisee? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=496&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 16:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bulleh Shah&#8217;s timeless verse has been celeberated by several artists but it is Abida Parveen the immensely gifted singer,  a bit of dervish herself, who has celebrated Bulleh&#8217;s poetry to the fullest. Perhaps in the spirit of magic and mystical abandon with which Bulleh mused and uttered these lines&#8230; Here is something that I came [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=495&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Karachi &#8211; some lines from Ibne Insha</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 09:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am grateful to my long lost friend Zaman for sharing these remorseful lines from Ibn-e-Insha, the great Urdu poet and writer. I am posting the original version in Urdu along with a maladroit translation (attempted by this author). Meri Hasratoon ka Roma Meri Wehshatoon ka Deli Mera Baldia Karachi Mujhey Aur Kon Janey Yehi dey to dey Gawahi Key [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=476&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When sorrows come &#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 19:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought of Shakespeare while being depressed with events in Pakistan. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions!”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=493&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Halaku, when you will come to Baghdad this time..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 18:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel privileged these days. There are such interesting and thoughtful friends in the blogosphere who are adding more poetry to my life. Mystic sent me Hasan Abidi&#8217;s poem in Urdu along with a competent translation. Halaku ab jo tum Baghdad aaoge (Halaku, when you will come to Baghdad this time) is a powerful poem [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=458&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I love Pakistan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to write about the top five reasons for loving Pakistan. I&#8217;d like to share this piece with the readers.  Why I love Pakistan? Top 5 reasons The Civilization Pakistan is not a recent figment but a continuation of 5000 years of history: quite sheepishly, I admit, that I am an adherent of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=468&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 16:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am posting Fatima Hasan&#8217;s poem Beautiful Bird that has received much international acclaim. Read the poem here<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=398&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>But if you are happy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 19:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you whirl, your eye sees the room whirling, too. If you sail in a ship over the sea, it seems the seashore is running past. If your heart is oppressed with struggle, the whole atmosphere of the world feels tight; but if you are happy as your friends would wish, this world seems to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=394&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indus Valley Civilisation &#8211; another discovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 19:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is more to the Indus valley civilization than we think. &#8220;The discovery of rare objects during an excavation expedition in Cholistan desert by local and foreign archaeologists have raised hopes of presence of ruins identical to that of Mohenjodaro and Harappa. A rare seal of copper, a terracotta block, three wedge-shaped bricks, pottery with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=453&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>M F Husain&#8217;s woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 17:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[M.F. Husain, India&#8217;s best known painter is under threat from the guardians of public and national morality. This eccentric, 91 year old painter should be left in peace with his fantasies and creative outbursts. Rightwing groups have called for the arrest of Husain, whose flowing white locks and beard, and habit of walking barefoot, have become iconic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=450&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two striking poems by Alvi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 18:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It is a pleasure to have read Pervaiz Munir Alvi&#8217;s poetry. &#8230;For now I have selected two poems &#8211; personal and profound &#8211; for this post. The first echoes what many Pakistanis (or any other diaspora for that matter) observe on their visits to the homeland&#8230;.. Read the full post here<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=401&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I will meet you yet again &#8211; Amrita Pritam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 11:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet again, I was mesmerised by the passion and force of Amrita&#8217;s poetry. Even though this is a translation, it renders the mood rather well.. Read poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=410&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dhaka by degrees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 18:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. -William Shakespeare Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=422&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Gul Badshah &#8211; Z. Nigah</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/the-story-of-gul-badshah-z-nigah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 12:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zehra Nigah&#8217;s beautiful poem for an Afghan boy, a victim of the war that was waged in the name of world peace but that has brought more anguish and suffering for the ordinary people. This poem makes no overt political statement and yet is one of the best anti-war poems I have read in recent years. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=392&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The talented Fatima Hasan &#8211; two poems</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/the-talented-fatima-hasan-two-poems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 17:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fatima composes poetry in English language. She is based in Karachi, Pakistan and works for a telecommunication company. Full article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=397&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Threatened Ancient Buddhist Stone Carvings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 15:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some 35,000 petroglyphs located in Pakistan&#8217;s Indus River area will soon be flooded by a giant dam. An archeologist from Heidelberg is trying to save as much as he can before encroaching modernity destroys the remote area&#8217;s cultural history.  Read article &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=396&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Clay Bird</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 15:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A moving tale of a young boy and his family trapped in the circumstances of rural Bangladesh and the turmoil of late 1960s. Read article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=393&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another poem by Zehra Nigah</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/another-poem-by-zehra-nigah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another well known poem from Zehra Nigah (again) with a translation by Rakshanda Jalil: Complete poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=391&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three poems by a leading Pakistani poet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zehra Nigah is a prominent poet from Pakistan with a distinct style and voice. A modernist who is also inspired by the classical traditions of Urdu poetry.  Full story &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=388&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing sweetness or vinegar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poem by Rumi translated by Nader Khalili. Read it here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=386&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Only You&#8221; poem by Rumi, translated by Nader Khalili Read poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=385&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ever drunk with love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poetic version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva &#8220;A Garden Beyond Paradise &#8211; The Mystical Poetry of Rumi&#8221; Bantam Books, 1992 Poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=376&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Murree&#8217;s best kept secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tamania visited Murree on a weekday and found the ambiance charming despite the senseless &#8220;development&#8221; that has taken place at this Pakistani hill station. Article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=384&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kafka Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Indeed, the current drama, uncertainty and confusion seem to be extraordinary. But is it that unusual? History, if anything, has prepared us for the bizarre and the peculiar&#8230; &#8220; Article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=379&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In a charming personal narrative, Nomani navigates  through a crisis of faith brought upon by the murder of close friend Daniel Pearl by Islamic militants&#8230;&#8221; Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=382&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Rumi, Iqbal and ‘Dynamic Sufism’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan celeberates Allama Iqbal&#8217;s death anniversary on April 21 with the usual lip-service. The key messages of Iqbal seem to have been lost in the maze of officialdom. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=383&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Civil Society Confronts Extremism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands marched in the blistering heat on the streets of Lahore; and similar demonstrations were held in Islamabad, Karachi and Peshawar. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=377&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fate Of Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Descendants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had recently posted a few verses from the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar. Read this story by Indscribe that spells a heart wrenching denouement to the dazzling Mughal Empire. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=380&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Life of the Universe&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The subject matter and range of Iqbal&#8217;s poetry is amazing. The message here is universally applicable to individuals, societies and civilizations. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=375&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open the Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumi again, translated by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi. Read poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=374&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Give yourself a kiss&#8221; &#8211; Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can I write more about these lyrical lines and a thought process immersed in love. Version by Coleman Barks &#8220;Like This&#8221; Maypop, 1990 Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=373&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Sculptures of Lahore &#8211; cross posted at All Things Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am glad that Adil Najam posted my piece on the public sculptures of Lahore on his blog &#8211; All Things Pakistan. It was good to read the comments as well. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=371&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Kashi Work of Multan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of Multani arts and crafts also goes back to medieval period. Kashi work the glazing and hand painting of ceramic products is an important art for which Multan is famous all over the world. -Guest post by SAJ Shirazi Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=370&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Once you conquer your selfish self &#8211; Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Leela &#8211; a poem by HUR</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUR occasioanlly sends his poetry. This is a compact poem on a very complex subject. I am posting it here for the readers to enjoy.. Entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=366&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sain Zahoor singing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch this video by a Pakistani folk artist!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=359&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our endangered heritage</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/our-endangered-heritage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delhi&#8217;s Red Fort was once a symbol of Mughal power and the myriad India was ruled for centuries from this fort. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=358&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Source of Joy &#8211; Rumi</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/the-source-of-joy-rumi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poem by Rumi click here &#62;&#62;  Version by Coleman Barks &#8220;Say I am You&#8221; Maypop, 1994<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=368&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Easter in Lahore</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The local Christian community praying at an Easter service in Lahore, Pakistan.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=367&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happened to reading?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ilona Yusuf, a poet muses about the demise of the reading culture. Read article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=364&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Edited &#8211; Parallel Lines: Photographs by Isa Daudpota</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Isa Daudpota is an engineer and physicist by profession. He is keenly interested in art, mathematics and computers. He writes frequently on science, information technology, education and social policy. Read entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=365&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the evening glow in Murree</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I lived in this hill station for a couple of years. I often miss this light. Each evening I would wait for the glow that would last for a good half an hour before the dusk. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=363&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delighted to have found this video. An effortless, magic piece for those who appreciate the nuances of subcontinental classic music. Click here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=360&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another image of Amrita Shergil&#8217;s work</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/another-image-of-amrita-shergils-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a rich, sensuous and haunting work capturing the mood of 1930s (perhaps) and telling the story in a Western format adapted by a genius. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=353&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mohsin Hamid on Indo-Pak perceptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hamid thinks that India is more jingoistic than Pakistan. There were some interesting moments in the interview as the quote below indicates. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=343&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On infinite love &#8211; from Kashul Mahjub</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kashful Mahjub is one of the early treatises on Sufism and has shown light to many Sufis world-wide. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=357&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The anguish of Bahadur Shah Zafar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last of the Mughal Emperors - Bahadur Shah Zafar - died in exile after the 1857 War of Independence. He was a gifted poet and a patron of struggling artists in Delhi. I found a translation of his famous ghazal. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=356&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Other wakefulness&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more awake one is to the material world, the more one is asleep to spirit. When our soul is asleep to God, other wakefulness closes the door of Divine grace. Rumi Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=349&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Cow &#8211; a parable</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/the-cow-a-parable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amardeep has posted the following Sufi parable related by Idries Shah with a request to respond to his humorous interpretation. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=354&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ozymandius &#8211; Shelley</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The name Ozymandias (or Osymandias) is generally believed to refer to Ramesses the Great (i.e., Ramesses II), Pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. It was written in December 1817 during a writing contest, and first published in 1818.&#8221; Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=352&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Blogger Award?</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/01/thinking-blogger-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jahane Rumi has been conferred with the &#8216;thinking blogger&#8217; award &#8211; read here. This is quite encouraging even though there is not much of original thinking here! I suppose I can think and do indulge in the world of ideas but quite frankly I lack the discipline and rigour that makes one a wholesome thinking person/blogger. Anyway [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=355&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Dhaka- &#8220;We are strangers now?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/visiting-dhaka-we-are-strangers-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The warmth of people and the magic of old Dhaka overwhelms you. Having said that, Dhaka is bursting on the seams with a gushing sea of humanity, unregulated construction and traffic jams defining the urban ethos. Read article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=345&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Gandhara Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Buddhist art of Gandhara influenced Indian art and sensibilities and also that of the entire Buddhist world. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=351&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t be without you (Rumi)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Rumi: Hidden Music, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001 Translated by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=350&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, devotees were lighting lamps at the shrine of Mian Mir in Lahore to commemorate the saint’s 383rd Urs (death anniversary). Full article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=346&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amrita Shergil &#8211; the immortal artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I only wish that I could visit the Tate Modern in London to experience the sheer beauty of Amrita Shergil&#8216;s work. She lived a full life and like many gifted people died at the age 28. Such a dazzling life&#8230; Full article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=347&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Indians unfamiliar with Urdu or Persian literature Bedil presents a bit of a paradox: he was born in Patna (died in Delhi) but he is among the world’s greatest Persian poets, and the most loved poet of Afghanistan and Tajikistan—but unknown in India. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=340&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The new slave dynasty in South Asia?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Writer Arundhati Roy said in an interview last week that at least India’s growing middle class was reared on a diet of radical consumerism and aggressive greed. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=348&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women Sufis of Delhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite verses of the Quran is Surah Al Azhab which makes it  clear that spiritual blessings are intended for both righteous men and women who are equal in the eyes of God. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=344&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Karachi &#8211; &#8220;Bright Lights&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each time one visits Karachi the sprawling metropolis seems more run down. Crumbling infrastructure, notwithstanding the recent improvements, and a sense of neglect are apparent to any visitor. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=342&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to Bob Woolmer</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/03/24/ode-to-bob-woolmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone sent me these lines that pay a befitting tribute to Bob Woolmer, the dedicated coach of Pakistan&#8217;s cricket team who died last week. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=341&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Asking Auden&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian poet Peter Nicholson who also writes for 3 Quarks Daily alerted me to his enchanting poem on W. H. Auden titled Asking Auden. Poem entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=339&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two pictures &#8211; many stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly eight years ago, this image of General Musharraf made headlines.. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=332&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Images from Lahore by Artist Mahboob Ali</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mahboob Ali, the only woodcut artist of Pakistan has sent me more images of his works. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=334&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In every breath</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/in-every-breath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translation by Nader Khalili &#8220;Rumi, Fountain of Fire&#8221; Cal-Earth Press, 1994<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=337&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saving Heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day passes when we are not reminded of the gradual erosion of our heritage. It is time that we thought of different solutions than a bureaucratic conservation model&#8230; Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=336&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Longing for Istanbul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovered some fabulous photos of Istanbul here taken by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Looking at these images, my longing for Istanbul has come back. I must go back. Photos here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=330&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>These strange times</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great photo from the Lahore city court where the lawyers strike allows the support staff to play some cricket while our team struggles to stay in the World Cup competition. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=333&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanking my readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jahane Rumi (JR) is being noted. Just saw that Islamabadblog has ranked this blog among the top ten.  I never thought that JR would generate interest as it remains a hotchpotch of myriad themes and suffers from a general directionless-ness like this scribe.  Full entry  here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=331&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting a Primary School in Sindh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in rural Sindh (in Pakistan) after many years. Met interesting people and many members of the ever expanding middle class. Read article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=329&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Law, like love and Stop all the clocks —W H Auden</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a cue from the recent events in Pakistan, Ammar Qureshi has contributed a beautiful poem by Auden in a newspaper. I love the last lines: View entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=328&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my recent visit to Hala in Sindh, we stole a few moments of that sunny afternoon to spend time with a traditional potter. Hala&#8217;s pottery is famous for its exquisite designs and motifs. View here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=323&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Feryal Ali Gauhar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This piece was first published in The Friday Times  Conversations with novelist, filmmaker, feline aficionado, and femme fatale, Feryal Ali Gauhar, as she prepares to launch her second novel Who doesn’t know Feryal Ali Gauhar? A novel at the top of The New York Times international bestseller list, years of television appearances and a highly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=322&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faiz translated by Vikram Seth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came across this beautiful translation of Faiz&#8217;s touching verse by Vikram Seth. It is a great translation as it ventures to capture the melody and the mood of the original. Last night your faded memory came to me As in the wilderness spring comes quietly, As, slowly, in the desert, moves the breeze, As, to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=321&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lahore Jharokas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Anwar Pasha, an architect, has sketched the architecture of Sikh-era houses to take the viewers on a journey through the architecture of the past. He has focused on Jharokas and balconies. He said he wanted to save the dying architecture of the old buildings.&#8221; Read the full story here<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=320&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Striking Prints from a young Pakistani artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I finally got hold of the digital images of some lovely prints by Samar Ataullah &#8211; a graduate of the National College of Arts, Lahore. View all here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=319&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Images from Data Saheb&#8217;s Shrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw this newsitem today &#8211; &#8220;Data Sahib’s 963rd urs concludes: Around 500,000 attend final prayers&#8221;. The news item reported that around 0.9 million visited the shrine on Saturday. The saint left this world nine centuries ago. During my recent visit the Urs preparations were underway. I captured a few images.  First the shrine at the night- Full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=318&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plucking Spring Colours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the country reels under another dramatic development, someone in Lahore is busy with the spring flowers: The background is the Punjab University&#8217;s Old Campus. Photo credit<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=317&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the War Petition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeyra Ettehadieh from Iran has requested to sign the Stop War on Iran petition, &#8220;for whatever its worth&#8221; No it is not worthless and I am sharing this with the visitors of this blog. War is simply unacceptable. It solves nothing.. Visit http://stopwaroniran.org/ to sign the petition. Also visit this link for more information.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=316&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Intellectual The intellectual is always showing off; the lover is always getting lost. The intellectual runs away, afraid of drowning; the whole business of love is to drown in the sea. Intellectuals plan their repose; lovers are ashamed to rest. The lover is always alone, even surrounded with people; like water and oil, he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=315&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The sea is seeking you&#8221; (Rumi)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don&#8217;t seek the river. Don&#8217;t turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea. Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=314&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Basant from a reader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zia from Islamabad writes: Read it here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=306&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Basant Moods &#8211; Lahore and Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lahore skies must be covered with kites today.  Basant is the most loved public event. A newspaper report said: &#160; &#160;  &#8221;you’re either here or you’re a square &#8211; Lahore to host biggest ever Basant celebrations today..&#8221; Tonight, So there will be fun and frolic all day long and shall continue into the early hours of the morning. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=305&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surveys show that Pakistanis (and Muslims) reject &#8220;terrorism&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Times Pakistan has published a story on surveys carried out by various organizations. The results are quite revealing not least for Pakistan. Pakistani liberals would need to change their view that it is a society heading towards extremism and the Jihad-flaunting Islamists would be upset that they are not supported by an overwhelming majority. Most importantly, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=304&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Petal to Petal &#8230;..More of Parveen Shakir</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nirmal has been visiting this blog and requesting for more translations of Parveen Shakir. I have found some on the Internet and here they are. Translations cannot do justice to the original pieces. Nuances are lost and metaphors change their shape. However, some of these are quite creative!  Read more here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=303&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian Blogger Sentenced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogosphere faces another question - is it &#8220;free&#8221; enough? An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years&#8217; prison for &#8230;. read here for more Admittedly, Soliman was a little harsh in his verdicts on Al-Azhar and the President, but then neither are Divine and infalliable.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=302&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abu Ghraib Horrors by Botero</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came across the chilling works of Colombian artist Fernando Botero last night. A friend at Berkeley University forwarded me this link that led me to the moving images of the recent paintings by Botero called Abu-Ghraib Botero, 73, is the modern master of Latin American art. His cheerful magical-realist paintings are well-acclaimed in the West and feature [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=301&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Man-Bitten&#8221; Ghalib: introducing himself</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/man-bitten-ghalib-introducing-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ghalib&#8217;s immortal and complex poetry transcends time and sometimes even the boundaries of human thought. The translation of this ghazal was found in Mirza Ghalib – A Creative Biography by Natalia Prigarina. Cited as an apt self-introduction, this is a timeless composition brings together myriad facets and moods of Ghalib. What a fascinating post-modern &#8216;unpacking&#8217; of the self (that too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=300&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Seeds of peace on cricket field&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Saw this insightful piece by a Pakistani researcher in the Baltimore Sun. Read more &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=299&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lies, Half Truths and Deceit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is talk of war again. There is a familiar web of lies, half-truths and deceit. As if the smouldering cities and dying civilians in Iraq were not enough to quench the blood-thirst, the global war machine now wants another victim. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=298&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>India-Pakistan Peace Train (the journey must continue)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day after the tragic bomb blast on the peace train, life goes on. The resilience of people in our part of the world is remarkable. Full entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=297&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On a Clear Day &#8211; A poem by HUR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ HUR &#8211; a reluctant poet in Islamabad &#8211; has sent a lovely poem. It was left as a comment on a post but deserves to be highlighted and posted as a stand alone object of beauty&#8230; Poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=296&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A picture tells a thousand stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old man in Iraq looks at the rubble left after another round of bombing. There is a bit of confidence in his posture. He hasn&#8217;t given up yet&#8230; View here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=295&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friendship Train Blast &#8211; Derailing the peace process (yet again)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blast kills 67 on India-Pakistan friendship train PANIPAT, India, Feb 19 (AFP) At least 67 people burned to death after a blast aboard a train from India to Pakistan that officials said Monday was intended to damage the peace process between the two neighbours.  Article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=294&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hazrat Ali&#8217;s letter &#8211; testament of human rights and equality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ali bin Abi Talib, the fourth Caliph and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed, wrote a long letter of guidance after appointing Maalik al-Ashtar to be Governor of Egypt. Read entry here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=291&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharif Kunjahi&#8217;s &#8216;The Village&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this lovely poem in a piece that mourns the death of a prominent Punjabi poet, Sharif Kunjahi. Read poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=293&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t set your heart on bones (Rumi)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little by little God takes away human beauty&#8230; Read poem here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=292&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dating in Pakistan (rambling on the Valentine&#8217;s Day)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayank Austen Soofi in Delhi is an interesting character. A good writer and a prolific blogger, he is also fascinated by Pakistan. One of his blogs is called Pakistan Paindabad. Read article here &#62;&#62;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=290&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lady of the age First published by The Friday Times Mughal history ignores women of the empire, including Emperor Aurangzeb’s daughter Zeb-un-Nissa: patron of the arts, poet, and a keeper of several lovers – according to rumours. The eldest daughter, she was Aurangzeb’s close companion for several years. She was born in 1638 to Dilras [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=284&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Globalization in the Time of Poverty&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is how a picture has been captioned by Mayank Soofi, a talented writer in Delhi. Mayank&#8217;s photo-blog contains some interesting images. The photo below, taken recently in Delhi, highlights the contrast between the symbols of consumerist globalization and the have-nots..  I also found a related post with an apt title: Malls, Multiplexes and McDonald&#8217;s &#8211; The New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=283&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Faustus In Us (translation by Temporal)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Temporal read a translation of Parveen Shakir&#8217;s poem on this blog and created another translation. In many ways, this is a more modern version, closer to the sensibility in the original poem. However, the irony in the last lines may not be that obvious.. Thank you Temporal. And now the translation&#8230;  The Faustus In Us in (more than) a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=282&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Public Sculptures of Lahore &#8211; the Raj revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheraz from Islamabad has contributed this amazing account of Lahore&#8217;s eclectic past. The influence of the British rulers resulted in erection of sculptures at public places, not an uncommon practice in the colonies. Most of these relics of the past are no more. Some have been conserved while others were removed. Sheraz writes &#8220;The statue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=281&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bridging the Divide &#8211; &#8220;Ham&#8217;Asar Urdu&#8221; from Denmark</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We remember the Danish Cartoons controversy and the reaction it evoked across the Muslim world. I was pleasantly surprised to find out about this amazing treasure of a website that also happens to be perhaps the first on-line Urdu journal of its kind.   The journal is called Ham-Asr (contemporary) Urdu edited by Huma Nasar &#38; Nasar Malik. In its introduction the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=280&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Are All Dr Faustus &#8211; Parveen Shakir</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, in the freezing climes of Islamabad, we talked about Parveen Shakir, Pakistan&#8217;s popular poet who died at a young age. One of Parveen&#8217;s poems invokes the legend and metaphor of Dr Faustus:  &#8221;The name &#8216;Faust&#8217; has become deeply rooted in European mythology as the name of a man who sold his soul to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=279&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This moved me to tears &#8211; Suspect Paki&#8217;s anguish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time I cross-posted a piece from Suspect Paki, it was about the &#8216;political&#8217; and the alienation of British Muslims. However, this time I was moved by the sheer pain of Shahid&#8217;s personal anguish not to mention his illness. His post is direct, lyrical and very touching. I wish him a speedy recovery..My prayers are with him. Amazing how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=278&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Picasso&#8217;s Guernica &#8211; Timeless relevance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picasso&#8217;s Guernica is an immortal mural painting. It shows the horrors of the war in a timeless fashion. More from David Hart&#8217;s amazing website on this great mural: Spanish painter Pablo Picasso painted mural (1937) of bombing of Basque city of Guernica by German airforce during Spanish Civil War. Depicts victims of war, suffering women, children, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=277&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq &#8211; Emptiness of War (Unforgettable photos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I could not sleep well this weekend. The images from Iraq, some sent by friends and the others discovered on the Internet kept on haunting me. Jerry&#8217;s blog, that I stumbled upon today, has an amazing range of photographs. Here is one that tells a hundred tales.. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Visit this link to view more unforgettable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=275&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mission Accomplished &#8211; Louise Rill on Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stumbling upon Louise Rill&#8217;s poetry website was rewarding. I found this unyielding poem on Iraq operation signifying the emotions of many citizens in the West with a conscience ..   Mission Accomplished Let us wallow in triumph and glory for our great army has vanquished in weeks an enemy armed to the teeth with automatic weapons and grenades. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=274&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beirut &#8211; taste of smoke and fire (Best Photos 2006)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many months ago I wrote about a popular song by the Lebanese singer Fairouz.   To Beirut &#8211; peace to Beirut with all my heart And kisses &#8211; to the sea and clouds, To the rock of a city that looks like an old sailor’s face. From the soul of her people she makes wine, From their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=273&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>love orphan and ish&#8217;q yateem &#8211; poem[s] by Temporal</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/love-orphan-and-ishq-yateem-poems-by-temporal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Temporal is a fine trancreative (a term invented by Temporal himself) poet. The ability to write and translate in multiple languages is a unique gift, to say the least. I had read love orphan when it was posted last week. After reading it again today, I thought it would be great to post it here. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=269&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Katas Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this beautiful image on Pak Pics blog. The picture was uploaded by Naeem Rashid. And read this in my inbox: Jhooti Mooti Mitwa Awan Bole Bhadon Bole Kabhi Sawan Bole<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=268&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230; in the Crevices of My Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had written about Ayesha Salman and her poetry earlier. I just read this poem by her that she had written for her beloved sister. Ayesha is truly gifted and her poem below is extremely evocative and touching. In your absence my days are gestures and faces In-congruent with time  The uncertainty of an action I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=267&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing to burn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[my dear heart you&#8217;re a fire worshiper an explosive in flame call on the cupbearer to sprinkle the wine on you to soothe your burn with water that special cupbearer the same one who sizzles lives with wine and lips with kisses the one who first calmed my mind gave me a cup of fiery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=266&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Images &#8211; More on Iqbal Hussain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The celebrated artist Iqbal Hussain also runs the famous Cooco&#8217;s cafe in the old Lahore. My friend of the Olive Ream fame was there some time ago and sent this link to his photo-blog. I am reproducing the images captured by him below: On the left is the main entrance to Cooco&#8217;s den &#8211; this is located [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=264&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iqbal Hussain &#8211; Lahore&#8217;s controversial artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iqbal Hussain from Lahore is one of the finest painters we have. Most of his paintings depict women from the Heera Mandi (literally the diamond market)- or the centuries old red-light district. I found the above image on the Internet today. The news-item referred to Iqbal&#8217;s advocacy through his powerful art works: ..Others, who have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=263&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yellow and Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The yellow and the green defines old buildings in Hanoi. The image above is an old school building. Reminds me of our government buildings in the rural areas..<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=262&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi &#8211; Within the River</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I found out that Ha Noi means &#8220;within the river&#8221; About the capital, the Vietnamese poet Nguyen Cong Tru (1778-1858) writes.. Whether it is blossom time or not Jasmine is always jasmine Elegant or not One is nevertheless a citizen of the capital   I have had little time to explore the place but whatever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=261&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turned by the Waves of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know that the wheeling heavens are turned by waves of Love: were it not for Love, the world would be frozen, stiff. How would an inorganic thing transform into a plant? How would living creatures sacrifice themselves to become endowed with spirit?&#8230;. translated by Camille and Kabir Helminski<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=260&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Travelling again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again I am travelling .. I love to travel but when the internet connections in certain parts of the world are not great, I get a little flustered since blogging becomes a challenge. This time I am determined not to neglect my young blog &#8211; and I will keep on appearing and disappearing. How important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=259&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>O how the Beloved fits inside my heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[O how the Beloved fits inside my heart; Like a thousand souls in one body, A thousand harvests in one sheaf of wheat, A thousand whirling heavens in the eye of a needle. Rumi   - Version by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=258&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shah Ast Hussain &#8211; II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading my earlier post, my dear friend Sheraz Haider has corrected the translation of the Persian quatrain Shah Ast Hussain as follows: Ruler is Hussain, Emperor is Hussain, Faith is Hussain , guardian of faith is Hussain . Offered his head and not the hand to Yazid. &#8216;Indeed, Hussain is the foundation of La-ilah (the declaration that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=257&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turned by the waves of Love &#8211; Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Know that the wheeling heavens are turned by waves of Love: were it not for Love, the world would be frozen, stiff. How would an inorganic thing transform into a plant? How would living creatures sacrifice themselves to become endowed with spirit? How would the spirit sacrifice itself for the sake of that Breath by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=256&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No place like home: inventive [homesick] Pakistanis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popularity of Internet as a medium and the personal space it provides to the diaspora is evident from the growing number of Urdu related websites outside Pakistan. I receive regular emails introducing new online sources of news and views related to Pakistan, Urdu and Islam. I am listing a few below. First, is the Iqbal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=251&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delhi- &#8216;the threshold of Sufis&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Sadia Dehlvi I Love Delhi, for it is the city of my birth and it is my prayer that I may die here, that my mortal remains should mingle with the earth in whose bosom my ancestors lie. More importantly, Delhi is the ground where my beloved Sufis walked upon and chose as their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=254&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10th Moharram is a day of mourning for all Muslims. The tragic incident at Kerbala where the righteous Hussain refused to submit to the autocracy of Yazid is an event laden with deep symbolism. Hazrat Imam Husain and his faithful companions preferred to die on the banks of river Euphrates and upheld the struggle of good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=253&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unending thirst &#8211; Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I don&#8217;t get tired of You. Don&#8217;t grow weary of being compassionate toward me! All this thirst-equipment must surely be tired of me, the waterjar, the water-carrier. I have a thirsty fish in me that can never find enough of what it&#8217;s thirsty for! Show me the way to the Ocean! Break these half measures, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=252&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Body Loom by M. Athar Tahir Published in the Daily Dawn (reviewer- Muneeza Shamsie) There have been so few notable English language poetry collections to have been published in Pakistan of late that it is really good to see Body Loom by the versatile Athar Tahir. He is one of Pakistan’s foremost language poets today. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=250&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A tribute to Nizamuddin Auliya &#8211; Marta&#8217;s story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I go there again and again. I feel the magic of its atmosphere and I believe it is due to the tomb. The more I get closer to it, the more I   feel its presence. [photo credit here]  After reading my post on her, Marta sent her essay on Nizamuddin Auliya that she wrote in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=249&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I am free, my mind is free..&#8221;- Bulleh Shah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bulleh Shah&#8217;s original thought and courage has always inspired me. A few days ago, I was struck by these verses of Bulleh Shah. I have attempted a translation but then its not a good one&#8230; Bulleh-a aashiq hoyiyon Rabb da, Hoai Malamat Lakh Tenon Kafir Kafir aakhdey, toon aaho aaho aakh O Bulleh, just love [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=247&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marta&#8217;s Story &#8211; from the Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had posted a few pictures for Marta and she responded with these lines &#8211; true from the heart and reflecting the impact that Nizamuddin Auliya&#8217;s shrine can have: thank you so much for the pictures, I really appreciated. To live so far from Delhi sometime makes me homesick. Even if I know (and feel) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=246&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reality Check &#8211; a disturbing picture of Lahore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to my post on Lahore and its various colours, the picture below offered a little reality check.. This ugly commercialism is unbecoming...  From Today&#8217;s Daily Times  &#8211; the photo above, captioned &#8220;Taking a Backseat&#8221; laments: The Genesh Building on Lakshmi Chowk, one of the older buildings in the city, is obscured by billboards. I had earlier written [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=245&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Woodcuts from Mahboob Ali &#8211; Revisiting Lahore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lahore features again. It is a little difficult not to yearn for Lahore if you belong there&#8230; First, Mahboob Ali from Lahore (Pakistan) sent me digital images of his woodcuts in colour. I had earlier touched upon his novel technique here. These were splendid images &#8211; evocative and the medium added several dimensions and moods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=244&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My young friend and spiritual guide of sorts, Salman Chisty, has written about Hazrat Nasiruddin, Chiragh Delhi. While reading the details on his life, I remembered my sole visit to the quiet and serene shrine of Hazrat Chiragh Dehli. Hidden in the older part of Delhi that is now a business district, this was a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=243&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t know the way&#8221; &#8211; Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a touchstone, go ahead, choose; otherwise, go and devote yourself to one who knows the differences. Either you must have a touchstone within your own soul, or if you don&#8217;t know the way, find someone who does. Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski Rumi: Daylight Threshold Books, 1994. Found here Credit for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=242&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on Data Ganj Bakhsh of Lahore</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Further to yesterday&#8217;s post on Data Saheb,  Shirazi Saheb from Lahore has sent this story related to Data Ganj Baksh. The incident seems to have taken place in the early twentieth century. I am reproducing it below: Before independence Rae Bahadar Ram Saran Das lived near the shrine of Data Gang Bukhsh. He was one of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=razarumi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=317287&amp;post=241&amp;subd=razarumi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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