Fiction
Manto
Khurram Ali Shafique writes on the tragic, controversial and colorful life of Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the greatest storytellers to grace the Urdu language in the 20th century. "He only left his faith in the nobility of the human being, a faith he preserved and passed on even after losing all faith in his own self."
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Urdu & Hindi Poetry
Woh Jaa Chukaa Hai
Parveen Shakir is one of the most popular Urdu poets of modern times. Tragically, she died in a car accident in 1994. Shakir achieved fame while still a student of English literature at the University of Karachi. EGO Editor Asad Khan translates two of Parveen Shakir's poems.
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Reviews & Previews
Madonna
There was a time, not so long ago, when only one woman could get inside your MTV and really fuck with it, when only one woman could flash that tricky one-two punch of cutting-edge dance-pop and mesmerizing scandalous statements. EGO Editor Mo Shah examines the career of that woman: the breathlessly iconic Madonna.
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Inner Sanctum
Saturday Afternoon
Four EGO Editors - Ayesha, Sonia, Samar and Marko, spent Saturday afternoon drinking bloody marys, and chatting with Daniel and Elijah about the inexplicable sex appeal of mortgage rates, brilliant novellas about nothing, family dogs that die unexpectedly, and fathers who love deeply but are reserved about expressing it.
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Urdu & Hindi Poetry
Ranjish Hi Sahi
Ayesha Khanna translates Ranjish Hi Sahi, one of Ahmed Faraz's most famous poems.
Ranjish hi sahi
Let it be anguish
dil hi dukhaanay kay liyay aa
Come still to torment my heart
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Inner Sanctum
Auntie Naseeb
Only 1% of the US population is Muslim, so if you've decided to date within the faith, you've already lopped off 99% of the people out there. Enter Auntie Naseeb: a robot auntie that tirelessly searches out people for you. Naseeb.com is perfect for those of us who are Muslim and looking for that perfect Muslim soulmate!
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Urdu & Hindi Poetry
Bahar Aayee
Ayesha Khanna translates Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Bahar Aayee, a poem lamenting the memories of lost love that return with the advent of spring.
ghubar-e-khatir ke baab sarey
The dust speckled old chapters
tirey humarey sawaal sarey, jawaab sarey
With all our questions, all our answers
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Inner Sanctum
Flirting With Disaster
On February 7, 2006 EGO sent two of its intrepid reporters, Omar Haneef and Sonia M., to a Flirteve Desi Speed Dating Event in Manhattan. With different outlooks and somewhat differing amounts of luck, the two write about their experience in this charming He Said, She Said account of the night.
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