Rehan Ansari

About Rehan Ansari

Rehan Ansari is a writer based in New York. Born in Karachi, Rehan Ansari lived and worked in India where he was a columnist for Mid-Day and Foreign Editor for DNA (Daily News and Analysis). His play Unburdened was staged in New York and Prague. He is working on a film and completing a novel.

Liberty Nights, Lahore

By Rehan Ansari / April 2024

There is an awami mela at Liberty Market.
Every evening I walk there
along tree-lined streets
the full moon to the left, …

Wagah

By Rehan Ansari / May 2023

here’s an image of indigenised hippieness:
perhaps I should wear flowers in the lapel of
my achkan/ kurta (what would you prefer?)
drag my charpai out to Wagah where the gate to India is …