You have noticed that I’m writing lesser blog posts these days? – Or you didn’t, as you don’t read anyways! It’s okay if you don’t. You can read them another time. But, its me who has to keep writing. I’ve found that it is a catharsis for me. Writing is a process for deep cleansing. …
Hi Everyone! If Edvard de Bono could write a book in four days, I can jolly well write a blog post in forty-five minutes and upload it before it becomes tomorrow. Yes, I’m challenging myself. I’m telling you, I’m done with myself and what keeps happening in my life to take me far from my …
What I’ve learnt through it. Now, watch how ‘fate’ plays a role in our lives; As you know, my trip to Seattle was recently cancelled by the mysterious loss of passport. Two months earlier, while planning the trip, one of my top priorities was to attend a screen writing course in Seattle. There was another …
How do I put such topics together, which are almost poles apart?
For the simple reason that ….
…I can!
Continue reading “Birthday Bash, Mushtaq Yousefi and International Widow’s day.”
Promoting a creative mind and doing creative work is essential for growth and development. It is only the creative mind which can think outside the box and come out with innovative ideas. Such minds have the ability to get out of difficult life situations and problems. Their problem-solving instincts are best as they are …
It was a merging of writers’ groups in Islamabad. It’s been a dream of mine for ages. The dream is to hold regular writer’s and artists’ meet ups at my studio. So, finally, this year I held the first one in January, First Writer’s Meet-up at My Studio.and now was the second one last weekend …
A personal point of view as I was participating for the first time. National Book Foundation is an organization which is purely book based and encourages writers and reading throughout the year. Once a year they hold this festival. After Nigar Nazar had taken me to the LLF (Lahore Literary Festival), she asked her friend …
Remember my blog on Renton Writer’s Salon, which I joined when I went to Seattle, in 2016? I wrote about it. My first Renton Writer’s Salon Meetup. I really wanted something like it in Pakistan. Finally, I found the time to initiate it. I hope it continues, as the first one was absolutely wonderful! So, it was …
Usually, weeks and months go by without connection with other writers and poets. The weekend of 6th and 7th May was an exception, I attended two literary events. On Saturday, May 6th was the book launch of Untouched Octaves with poetry written by Amin Hashwani and photographs by Bobby Hager, a Jewish photographer from the US …
