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Rest in peace, Shahab Ahmed, prominent Islamic scholar from Pakistan
A beautiful sunny day… and Shahab Ahmed’s funeral. His friends, including prominent scholars some of whom had known him for decades and traveled long distances to be there, like Kamran Ali Asdar and...
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Haider, jigar, are you at peace now?
My article on a journalist, activist, humanist, friend, eternal optimist and conflicted human being who left us forever recently. Illustrations by Feica. Scroll.in published a slightly abbreviated...
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Pakistani scholar Nasser Hussain laid to rest
So sorry to have to share this news, about the younger brother of a childhood friend. Obituary below. Also see this article by one of his former students that so elegantly sums up his passions in life....
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Remembering Shahab Ahmed
The Orkestra Marhabba: haunting Turkish sama’a music. Colleagues, students, family and friends of the late Shahab Ahmed gathered on Nov 15 evening at an elegant and dignified memorial where speakers...
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Salute to Asma Jahangir: some upcoming memorial meetings
Thousands attended her funeral in Lahore on Feb 13 – women, men, rich, poor, workers, lawyers, journalists, farmers, ambassadors, ministers. Those who couldn’t attend in person held prayers and vigils...
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Asma’s tribe: a remembrance at Harvard
Iranian anthropologist Shahla Haeri pays tribute to her Pakistani behen Asma. Photo: Ibrahim Rashid. Days after Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore, some of us, members of what I think of as Asma’s...
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PERSONAL POLITICAL: Rest in peace, comrade Kutty. The struggle continues
I wrote this piece a few days back – the second of my occasional syndicated columns. Published in The Wire, Naya Daur, Mainstream, The Citizen among others. Early Sunday morning in Karachi, a little...
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Farewell Dr Mubashir Hasan: A Nobel Peace Laureate Remembers His Old Friend
In the midst of coronavirus madness, March 14 brought the sad news of Dr Mubashir Hasan’s passing. Wrote this piece published in The Wire a few days back. Reproduced here with additional pix and...
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Farewell Saleem Asmi
A quiet warrior slips into the night Saleem Asmi, Nov. 29, 1934 – Oct. 30, 2020 First published in The News on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Reposted here with more photos. Saleem Asmi: Portrait by Sharjil...
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Understanding life
Samina Saad, October 1961 – February 2021 My cousin Asif Saad wrote this moving and insightful piece about our dearest Mina Baji who left us recently, posted to his website Open Minds Consulting....
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RIP Saquib Hanif: A meticulous editor, generous friend, passionate cultural...
Death brings people together. I had known Saquib Hanif and his wife Nadia Chundrigar for years in Karachi without really knowing them. We spent a lot of time together when they came to Boston 2015 for...
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Remembering two gems, stellar journalists and old friends
Two wonderful colleagues and friends departed this world rather suddenly within days of each other last month, leaving behind multitudes to mourn their loss — and celebrate their lives: Khalid Hameed...
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A personal tribute: Zia Mohyeddin, truly one of a kind
Another obituary I wish I didn’t have to write. Farewell Zia sahib. What a life – and what a contribution to the arts and progressive thinking, with your immaculate performances and recitations....
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Farewell Karamat Ali: A journalist in India remembers a Pakistani peace...
Guest post: A personal tribute to Karamat Ali (19 August 1945 – 20 June 2024) by Mandira Nayar in Delhi, for Sapan News Karamat Ali was many things but for Mandira Nayar he was always the person who...
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