Comments on: Activist, Poet Ifti Nasim, 1946-2011 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/07/24/activist_poet_i/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ajayn http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/07/24/activist_poet_i/comment-page-1/#comment-285829 ajayn Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:32:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6605#comment-285829 <p>RIP</p> RIP

]]> By: Sahar http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2011/07/24/activist_poet_i/comment-page-1/#comment-285664 Sahar Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:43:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6605#comment-285664 <p>regarded as the Urdu language’s first gay poet of modern times</p> <hr /> <p>Reviving the old tradition, I see. Much of Urdu poetry is about the lust of men for boys. I have never known quite what to make of this. Growing up in Pakistan we are told about our "glorious tradition" and then it turns out to be heavily on this topic! It has always made me look sideways at my male fellow Urdu-speakers!</p> regarded as the Urdu language’s first gay poet of modern times

Reviving the old tradition, I see. Much of Urdu poetry is about the lust of men for boys. I have never known quite what to make of this. Growing up in Pakistan we are told about our “glorious tradition” and then it turns out to be heavily on this topic! It has always made me look sideways at my male fellow Urdu-speakers!

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