This is a collection of editorials and articles written by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, one of Pakistan's and South Asia's foremost poets and writers. The editorials were published in The Pakistan Times, of which daily national newspaper Faiz was editor from 1947 to 1951. The editorials reflect his deep insight into the political and social malaise that has gripped Pakistan from the time of Independence, and his views and analyses remain pertinent more than forty years on. The collection also includes interviews with Faiz by leading commentators and columnists such as Khalid Hasan, Mukhtar Zaman, I.A. Rahman etc.
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PART ONE: EDITORIALS
1. What Price Liberty
2. Iqbal
3. To God We Return
4. We Demand
5. Innocents Abroad
6. Land and Tiller
7. Unity Among Thieves
8. Exit
9. Progress of a Dream
10. Murdering Freedom
11. Co-ordinated Oppression
12. Retreat of Democracy
13. The Role of the Artist
14. The New Challenge
15. The Writers Choice
16. Towards a Planetary Culture
17. Decolonizing Literature
18. Ring Out the Old
PART TWO: INTERVIEWS
19. Faiz on Ghalib By Mukhtar Zaman
20. A Conversation with Faiz By Muzaffar Iqbal,
21. The Musafir is Home By Asif Aslam Farrukhi
22. Theres no Concorde to Heaven By I.A. Rahman
23. Faiz talks to Amrita Pritam Kaur Translated from Punjabi by Mahboob Ali
PART THREE: ON FAIZ
24. Faiz: A Memoir By Khalid Hasan
25. The Voice of a Courageous Heart
PART FOUR: ALYS FAIZ
26. You cant behave like an English-woman when you are married to Faiz by Cassandra Balchin