Poetic License

It will make your heart wail in silence as the deep ocean engulfs the bodies of refugees fleeing war and persecution.

His day’s work had been done. Teaching children like him a lesson was the most important part of his job description.

She took a turn through a dark alley as a shortcut; little did she know this shortcut would cut her life short.

He hated taking Ejaz’s help, but what he hated more was the fact that when he couldn’t do something, Ghazal did.

Jaunpuri's poetic tribute to Marx is perhaps the best short ode & introduction to the latter in all of Urdu literature

Not feeling at home with your own family is a tragedy, one which Mirza renders beautifully on the page.

Despite a long progressive tradition in Urdu literature inspired by events of 1917, not much poetry exists on Lenin

Once a jewel, today Rawalpindi does not know what it wants to be because it has forgotten what it once was.

Deep down he knew it wasn’t for Abba. It was for himself, so he wouldn’t live a life of hideous cruelty like father.

While Baghdad offers thousands of years of history, a powerful energy emanates from the city of Karbala.