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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 - for months, I found a generous host in wordpress.com. However, it was  time to move on - and so I have.
Of course, my host&#8217;s imprint travels with me - razarumi.com is powered by wordpress!
Wish me luck 
    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/moving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unwelcome break from blogging, not without a reason.
I have been busy with developing www.razarumi.com - this blog will be moving there soon.
And, then I had to read all the comments on my post - Top Five Reasons for Loving Pakistan at All Things Pakistan and write a longish reponse. The reactions were interesting to say the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope - A poem by Ayesha Salman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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 up,
In slow mornings of dazzling jasmine,
While the pendulum ticks on
Waking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murree Ghosts - my recent painting</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/murree-ghosts-my-recent-painting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 16:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been busy with discovering the pleasure of painting - 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 beloved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insider&#8217;s Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 17:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Book Review</title>
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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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 it to them.
Think of a mountain so huge [...]]]></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>
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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 back! my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sanon apna yaar rajhawan dey - Bulleh Shah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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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 apni toord nebha lein deey
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		<title>Tiburon - a poem by Fatima Hasan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 17:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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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.
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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 mark [...]]]></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,
once you&#8217;ve made friends with the dissolute of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love and reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 15:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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
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		<title>More on M F Husain - 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.
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Just read today that Sotheby will showcase some of his works (among other Indian artists). Loved this quote [...]]]></description>
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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. 
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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?
Yeh qatl na tha dosto
Yeh qatl [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 16:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<title>Karachi - 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 Haseen Sooratoon say
Yahan her gali bharee thee.
 
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The [...]]]></description>
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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!”
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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 that [...]]]></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 view held by [...]]]></description>
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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.
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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 be a garden of roses.
Rumi
Version by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indus Valley Civilisation - another discovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 19:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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&#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 distinct potter [...]]]></description>
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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 in [...]]]></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 - personal and profound - for this post. The first echoes what many Pakistanis (or any other diaspora for that matter) observe on their visits to the homeland&#8230;..
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		<title>I will meet you yet again - 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;
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		<title>Dhaka by degrees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 18:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<title>The Story of Gul Badshah - Z. Nigah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 12:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The talented Fatima Hasan - 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>
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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;
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		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/threatened-ancient-buddhist-stone-carvings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 15:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 15:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<title>Another poem by Zehra Nigah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<title>Three poems by a leading Pakistani poet</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/three-poems-by-a-leading-pakistani-poet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<title>Choosing sweetness or vinegar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poem by Rumi translated by Nader Khalili. Read it here &#62;&#62;
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		<title>Only You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Only You&#8221; poem by Rumi, translated by Nader Khalili
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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 - The Mystical Poetry of Rumi&#8221; Bantam Books, 1992
Poem here &#62;&#62;
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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.
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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;
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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;
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		<title>On Rumi, Iqbal and ‘Dynamic Sufism’</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/on-rumi-iqbal-and-%e2%80%98dynamic-sufism%e2%80%99/</link>
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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		<title>Open the Door</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/19/open-the-door/</link>
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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;
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		<title>&#8220;Give yourself a kiss&#8221; - Rumi</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/give-yourself-a-kiss-rumi/</link>
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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
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		<title>Public Sculptures of Lahore - 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 - All Things Pakistan. It was good to read the comments as well. Full entry here &#62;&#62;
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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
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Leela - 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;
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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!
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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		<title>The Source of Joy - Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poem by Rumi click here &#62;&#62; 
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&#8220;Say I am You&#8221;
Maypop, 1994
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What happened to reading?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Edited - Parallel Lines: Photographs by Isa Daudpota</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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 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;
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Another image of Amrita Shergil&#8217;s work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>On infinite love - from Kashul Mahjub</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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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
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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;
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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;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jahane Rumi has been conferred with the &#8216;thinking blogger&#8217; award - 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 I [...]]]></description>
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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;
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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;
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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
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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;
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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&#8217;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;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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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.
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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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;
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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;
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly eight years ago, this image of General Musharraf made headlines..
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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;
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		<title>In every breath</title>
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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
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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;
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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;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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;
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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;
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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 publicised [...]]]></description>
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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 sick man, without cause, comes [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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&#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
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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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 I finally got hold of the digital images of some lovely prints by Samar Ataullah - a graduate of the National College of Arts, Lahore.
View all here &#62;&#62;
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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 - &#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 story here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plucking Spring Colours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
		
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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
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		<title>Stop the War Petition</title>
		<link>http://razarumi.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/stop-the-war-petition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raza Rumi</dc:creator>
		
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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.
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		<title>The Intellectual</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 