As the crescent moon of Muharram graces the Karachi sky, a familiar transformation sweeps through a bustling neighbourhood. One house in North Nazimabad, in particular, stands out. The clatter of ...

Keeping the occasion of Muharram in view, I would like to talk about the poetry related to the tragedy of Karbala, which in Urdu has come to stay as a distinctive poetic tradition. At one time these ...