Tag: Poetry

• The Ghost of Bob Dylan: On the two models of poetry

  I remember I first listened to Bob Dylan’s songs back in 2004 when I was studying in the small town of Colchester (the oldest town, and the first capital of Britain). I found myself relating to his songs in a way that I had never related to music before. The combination of his powerful lyrics…

  rrameez

  May 26, 2013

  Arts and Modeling

  antiwar, Art for art’s sake, Bob Dylan, civil rights, Faiz, Iqbal, Joan Baez, Obama, Pablo Neruda, Poetry, Protest poetry, revolution, Sahir, sixties, The Ghost of Bob Dylan

• Re-Modeling Iqbal: Why Iqbal is too important to be given up!

  

  Dr Muhammad Iqbal wrote one of the major national songs of India, has been declared the national poet of Pakistan, and served as one of the intellectual influences for Iran’s  revolutionaries. However, over the last few years, there has been an ever-growing allergy towards Iqbal among the liberal sections of Pakistan Iqbal is presently claimed…

  rrameez

  May 11, 2013

  Arts and Modeling

  9/11, British Empire, Faiz, Imperialism, Indian, Iqbal, Iran, Muhammad Iqbal, Mullah, Pakistan, Poetry, Religious Fanaticism, Sir Syed, Stalin