Stories by Raza Naeem

Raza Naeem is a social scientist, book critic and award-winning translator and dramatic reader currently based in Lahore, where he is also the President of the Progressive Writers Association. He can be reached at: razanaeem@hotmail.com.

NON-FICTION: FROM HAVANA WITH LOVE

Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s latest travelogue documents a valuable part of Cuban society, in contrast to the usual discussion around

Published 17 Oct, 2021 06:39am

ESSAY: THE FORGOTTEN FABULIST

Balwant Singh’s centennial birth anniversary prompts a revaluation of the oft-ignored Urdu and Hindi writer who never got his due

Published 11 Jul, 2021 03:28pm

HISTORY: THE MOODS OF MAULANA HASRAT

May 13 marked 70 years since Maulana Hasrat Mohani, one of the towering leaders of the freedom struggle in India, passed away...

Published 30 May, 2021 07:06am

IN MEMORIAM: THE LAMP OF WORDS FALLS SILENT

Professor Shamim Hanafi, who passed away in Delhi on May 6 from Covid-19, conquered the heights of fame...

Published 16 May, 2021 05:45am

WHO WAS MAJOR ISHAQ?

Today is the 100th birth anniversary of Major Ishaq Muhammad, who fought for the British in Burma and for Pakistan in Kashmir...

Updated 05 Apr, 2021 03:30pm

Amrita Pritam at 100: Political, progressive and a true pioneer

Full of spring, the writer adorned and refined our lives with her prose and poetry throughout the 20th century.

Updated 17 Jan, 2020 04:12pm

ESSAY: THE MAN WHO BECAME A MOVEMENT

October 17 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who exerted a defining influence on Indian Muslim

Updated 17 Oct, 2019 12:04pm