It took Jaun Elia’s death on 8 November 2002 for the world to fall in love with his poetry. Today, he is one of the most Googled poets, but still remains an enigmatic figure in modern Urdu poetry—a ...

Jaun Elia wrote poetry more for life and its trials and turbulence than creating beautiful literature, poet and writer Iftikhar Arif said presiding online a ceremony to mark the 20th death anniversary ...

Jaun Elia’s popularity is expanding and the pace of this expansion is accelerating with every passing day. Is it possible to analyse his ascent? "Who, in your opinion, are the three most popular ...

KARACHI Jaun Elia admired John Keats. Reason the latter died of tuberculosis. Jaun found the disease awfully romantic and liberating. He liked expectorating blood, and penned a great many couplets on ...

What is the single greatest tragedy that we face as Southasians today? There may be many answers, but for the philosopher-poet Jaun Elia, the one crisis at the core of it all: Repression and internal ...