Akhund, Iqbal,

Of pearls and pecks of straw : recollections, essays, after-thoughts / Iqbal Akhund. - First edition. - xxvii, 227 pages : illustrations (some in color) ; 22 cm



The past disappeared in one stroke (Page-1), 'Where are such men (Page-9),Time, like a dark wind (Page-18),'Wa raqs mi kunad (Page-31), forgotten page (Page-36), journey of which I knew not the destination (Page-42),Reshmi Rumaal (Page-52),Purdah (Page-55),Emancipation (Page-60),Westernization (Page-66),Paris of the East (Page-73),Leftovers (Page-80),Solitary, not lonely (Page-86),Homebodies (Page-97),Tiffin carriers and holdalls (Page-117),East is East and West is West (Page-124), Showpang (Page-128), The demon drink (Page-132), School (Page-137), Joe, Jim, Jam (Page-142),Two Nations (Page-150), Pakistan ka matlab kya (Page-154), Urdish/Hindlish (Page-161), Feudal interlude (Page-166), Veracity, loyalty, modesty (Page-174), When France was France (Page-179), And yet (Page-183), Sole superpower (Page-187), Latvia (Page-193), Law of the jungle (Page-201), Unusual encounters (Page-207).


9780199407613

Library of Congress -- Islamabad Overseas Office

2018322057


Akhund, Iqbal.


Diplomats--Pakistan--Biography.

DS385.A48 / A54 2017

327.2092, AKH