Khawar Khan Achakzai

2 months ago | scroll.in | Khawar Khan Achakzai

What an extraordinary way the reed pen has of drinking darkness and pouring out light! — Abu Hafs Ibn Burd Al-Asghar Calligraphy is one of the most stark and straightforward forms of artistic tenor, hence an anonymous person describes it as: “More powerful than all poetry, more pervasive than all science, more profound than all philosophy are the letters of the alphabet, twenty-six pillars of strength upon which our culture rests." French calligrapher Claude Mediavilla in her monumental work,...

Sep 28, 2024 | scroll.in | Khawar Khan Achakzai

Marsiya Dilli ye marhoom ka ae dost na cherNa sunaa jaaye-gaa hum se yeh fasaanaa hargizDo not strike the chords of the story of DelhiMy heart won’t bear the woeful tale of its lossDelhi, the city of lights and poetry, has been destroyed seven times only to rise again each time from the ashes of memory, a memory painted into vivid relics and commemoratives; the memoirs of loss and longing.

Sep 16, 2024 | freepresskashmir.news | Khawar Khan Achakzai

Often considered as the first major political upheaval in the Arab history, the Abbasid revolution would go on to completely change the socio-political dynamics of Muslim world for centuries to come. In 747 C.E , Abu Muslim revolted against Umayyad rule under the sign of the black banner and successfully took over Merv (Merv, also known as the Merve Oasis, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, near today’s Mary, Turkmenistan).

Sep 2, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | M.K. Raina |Khawar Khan Achakzai |C.P. Chandrasekhar |Vaishna Roy

M.K. Raina is a veteran Indian theatre actor and director. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, he has received numerous awards and accolades for his contributions to Indian theatre, and has been a visiting director at the NSD, University of Hyderabad, IIT Hyderabad, and IIT Bhilai. Before I forget portrays various facets of his life and work as an artist, activist, philanthropist, and displaced Kashmiri Pandit. Raina calls himself “the child of India’s socialism”.

Sep 2, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | M.K. Raina |Khawar Khan Achakzai |C.P. Chandrasekhar |Vaishna Roy

Maharaj Krishan Raina, popularly known as M.K. Raina, is a veteran Indian theatre actor and director. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, he has received numerous awards and accolades for his contributions to Indian theatre, and has been a visiting director at the NSD, University of Hyderabad, IIT Hyderabad, and IIT Bhilai. Before I forget portrays various facets of his life and work as an artist, activist, philanthropist, and displaced Kashmiri Pandit.