Sapan Blog… Mohabbat, dard and dost… Love, heartbreak and friends 6 Mar 20266 Mar 2026 Reflections on shared cultures, histories, geographies, and pain in the midst of senseless destruction By Mandira Nayar Mohabbat. Love. We love in the same language. Joy too, is shared –…
Allied Events… Matwaala Poetry Fest 2025, Sunday 31 August 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 The women-led Southasian diaspora organisation Matwaala celebrates its tenth anniversary this Sunday, with a Poetry Fest in collaboration with the Aseel Collective, featuring works by poets from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and…
Sapan News Network The magic of Faiz and the Javed Akhtar controversy 5 Mar 202315 Mar 2023 It is unfortunate that of all the art, culture and poetry at the Faiz Festival 2023 held in Lahore recently, it was mostly Javed Akhtar's controversial comments that made it…
Sapan News Network Zia Mohyeddin: One of a kind 15 Feb 202328 Feb 2023 Legendary actor, orator and television personality Zia Mohyeddin, born on 30 June (or 20 December), 1931, in Lyallpur, passed away on 13 February 2023 in Karachi By Beena Sarwar 14…
Sapan News Network A Southasian poetic giant tours North America 1 Aug 20221 Aug 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Siraj Khan Gulzar. The name needs no introduction to any lover of Urdu or Hindi poetry --…
Events… Kabir Festival 2022: Celebrating the humanistic values of an ancient mystic 10 Jun 202216 Jun 2022 UPDATE 11 June: Due to rain Kabir Festival postponed to Sunday June 19,2022. Please inform everyone CURTAIN RAISER BOSTON: A cultural event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Kabir Das,…
Sapan News Network Working Ghalib’s magic to interrogate universal questions and contemporary realities 11 Feb 202216 Apr 2022 Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New GenerationBy Anjum Altaf and Amit BasoleEnglish, with Urdu and Devnagri scriptsFolio Books, Lahore 2021 (108 pages, PKR 500)Roli Books, Delhi 2021 (124 pages,…
