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Words from stones—Geet gaya patharaun nay!
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Writing my first book, over forty years ago, was as primitive an enterprise as incising hieroglyphics onto a stone. All I could afford in those days was a second-hand…
- Hyderabad
How Hyderabad’s ailing artist Fatima Ahmed defied patriarchy
Hyderabad: A conservative society is every woman’s nightmare, and it was no different for renowned artist Fatima Ahmed (86) who decided to leave her native city of Hyderabad about five decades ago…
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Dom Moraes—Chiseling the stone to bring out undying beauty
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin After spotting a reference to the poet Dom Moraes in my article on Ved Mehta, a thoughtful reader wrote to tell me that he owned a copy of Dom’s…
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Ved Mehta—An illustrious writer of the sub-continent
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin To Lahoris, Sheranwala is one of the twelve gates that led into the ancient walled city. To New Yorkers, it was the portal through which they were admitted into…
- India
Noted journalist and writer Ravi Belagere dead
Bengaluru: Noted journalist and writer Ravi Belagere died after suffering a heart attack in the wee hours Friday. Belagare (62) was rushed to hospital but he did not respond to treatment and…
- Hollywood
DC comics writer Martin Pasko is no more
Washington D.C.: Writer of DC properties both books and shows, Martin Pasko passed away at 65 on Sunday. According to Variety, the news of the writers demise was broken by DC publisher…
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Writer Fatima Ali Khan dies; with her ends chapter of Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Noted Urdu writer Fatima Alam Ali passed away early this morning at Hyderabad. She was 96 years old. Daughter of renowned writer and journalist Qazi Abdul Ghaffar, the editor of Payam…
