This amusing article was sent to me by my friend Hassan Shahryar.
While I was friends with all writers, regardless of whether they were from the Progressive group or not, I was the closest to Ibne Insha. Whenever I published a new book, the publisher would gift me fifteen or twenty copies, some of which I […]
My brother Aftab shared with me his fond memories of Dr. Joseph Schildkraut today. Dr. Schildkraut had been his supervisor during his psychiatry residency at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in 1994-95.
In a letter to The New York Times in 1994, Dr. Schildkraut observed that depression in artists “may have put them in touch with […]
Afghanistan - Buddhism
N.B. The following statement was issued by the Asia Pacific Group of countries represented at UNESCO.
STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN
9 March 2001
Paris
Asia Pacific Group of countries represented at UNESCO expresses its strong condemnation of the edict issued by Taliban leaders of Afghanistan to destroy all statues in that country including the Bamiyan Buddhas. It is […]
I have known Pakistan Television and the later era of its miserable decline. As I observe TV channels proliferating like a plague, churning out the same sort of noxious pap that might serve as mindless intervals between elaborate advertisements respitefully featuring pretty girls, I feel like saying a few good things about PTV. I have […]
