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Moments of Tranquility: December 2012
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Sunday, December 16, 2012. Leaving Mississippi" and "Reminiscence at Toul" by James Autry. Until yesterday I had never heard of James Autry. On yet another drive criss-crossing suburbia I heard Bill Moyers (the indefatigable liberal conscience of America! Part of me never left. And another part is always leaving,. Leaving Mississippi but never gone. 8220;Jimmy when you gonna come on back. Down home,” my people ask,. And I cannot say, “Never,.
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Moments of Tranquility: August 2012
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Sunday, August 19, 2012. A Poem for this Eid - Faiz's "Dua" or Prayer. Pakistan's great poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote a beautiful poem called "Dua" or "Prayer". This poem is in his collection titled "Sar-e-Waadi-e-Seena" and was written on August 14th, 1967 (the 20th anniversary of Pakistan's independence). I often read this moving poem and listen to poet Zehra Nigah's soul strirring. On this Eid, Faiz's "Dua" is my prayer. 65279;. Himmat-e-kufr m...
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Moments of Tranquility: Lahore - off the beaten track
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Lahore - off the beaten track. Entrance to the shrine of Syed Hussain Zanjani. Ghoray Shah Shrine - Toy horses can be seen on the platform in the background. Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's brother's tombstone inside Mian Mir's shrine. Exterior of Mubarak Haveli. Tomb of Urdu writer Muhammad Hussain Azad in Karbala Gamay Shah. Interior of Begum Shahi Mosque. Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das Ji. A nice and informative piece!
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Moments of Tranquility: The exploding Middle East & the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Saturday, August 09, 2014. The exploding Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In case you haven't noticed, the Middle East and its periphery are burning! Interview of Yuval Diskin - Former Head of Israeli Security / Shin Bet (Der Spiegel). Zionism and its Discontents - Roger Cohen (New York Times). Collective Punishment in Gaza - Rashid Khalidi (The New Yorker). The Liberal Zionists - Jonathan Freedland (New York Review of Books).
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Moments of Tranquility: December 2014
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Lahore - off the beaten track. Entrance to the shrine of Syed Hussain Zanjani. Ghoray Shah Shrine - Toy horses can be seen on the platform in the background. Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's brother's tombstone inside Mian Mir's shrine. Exterior of Mubarak Haveli. Tomb of Urdu writer Muhammad Hussain Azad in Karbala Gamay Shah. Interior of Begum Shahi Mosque. Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das Ji. Links to this post. For a few...
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Moments of Tranquility: June 2012
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Saturday, June 30, 2012. More Mehdi Hassan - "Allah Agar Taufeeq Na De". Allah agar taufeeq na dey insaan ke bas ka kaam nahiN. Faizan-e-mohabbat aam sahi irfan-e-mohabbat aam nahiN. Ya Rab yeh maqaam-e-ishq hai kya go deeda-o-dil ka kaam nahiN. Taskeen hai aur taskeen nahiN aaram hai aur aaram nahiN. KyuN mast-e-sharaab-e-aish-o-tarab takleef-e-tawajjoh farmaaiN. Awaz-e-shikast-e-dil hi to hai awaz-e-shikast-e-jaam nahiN. Update - May 22nd, 2016:.
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Moments of Tranquility: "Leaving Mississippi" & "Reminiscence at Toul" by James Autry
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Sunday, December 16, 2012. Leaving Mississippi" and "Reminiscence at Toul" by James Autry. Until yesterday I had never heard of James Autry. On yet another drive criss-crossing suburbia I heard Bill Moyers (the indefatigable liberal conscience of America! Part of me never left. And another part is always leaving,. Leaving Mississippi but never gone. 8220;Jimmy when you gonna come on back. Down home,” my people ask,. And I cannot say, “Never,.
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Moments of Tranquility: David Rakoff - There Is No Answer As To "Why Me"
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Saturday, August 11, 2012. David Rakoff - There Is No Answer As To "Why Me". The Canadian-born, American writer and humorist died of cancer in Manhattan on August 9th at age 47. He was the author of three books of essays (. Fraud, Don't Get Too Comfortable. And widely known for his contributions to the popular National Public Radio show. On NPR on August 10th, Terry Gross's interview program. Is 'Why not you? And in so many other ways, I'm so far...
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Moments of Tranquility: A Poem for this Eid - Faiz's "Dua" or Prayer
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Sunday, August 19, 2012. A Poem for this Eid - Faiz's "Dua" or Prayer. Pakistan's great poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote a beautiful poem called "Dua" or "Prayer". This poem is in his collection titled "Sar-e-Waadi-e-Seena" and was written on August 14th, 1967 (the 20th anniversary of Pakistan's independence). I often read this moving poem and listen to poet Zehra Nigah's soul strirring. On this Eid, Faiz's "Dua" is my prayer. 65279;. Himmat-e-kufr m...
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Moments of Tranquility: July 2015
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Politics, Literature, Music, Culture, South Asia and more. Saturday, July 04, 2015. A very Happy Independence Day to all Americans! America declared its independence 239 years ago today with Thomas Jefferson's soaring words that " we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal". However, the institution of slavery which most visibly contradicted the declaration's Enlightenment rhetoric remained intact, only to be abolished 89 years later after the Civil War. Links to this post.