Anjuman e Arzu

About the Book

This autobiographical travelogue, written from time to time over the last fifty years, describes the continuous and ever changing journey of life. The different installments of this travelogue, directly or indirectly, reflect the evolutionary development of the author’s state of mind at the time of their writing.

This Galaxy of Desires is truly a large and limitless Galaxy. It comprises characterization, travelogue and some philosophical discussions as well. This book, based on valuable studies, observations and experiences, is a big addition to current Urdu literature.
– Jamil uddin Aali

Dr. Anis ur Rahmaan has a piercing and perceptive eye. His analysis, observations and experiences are not only thought provoking but also eye openers. He narrates even the unspeakable with such finesse and caution that the reader does not feel any jerks. – Dr. Aslam Farukhi

Dr. Anis needs to be congratulated for taking his reader along with him in his journeys and for introducing him to a very individualistic point of view. – Baano Qudsia

Dr. Anis’ pen, on one hand mirrors the past and on the other hand, provokes intrusion into the future as well. Sometimes he compresses into few sentences that which could takebooks to elaborate.
– Mujibur Rahman Shami

Dr. Anis ur Rahmaan has an individualistic writing style which is characterized by its fluency, spontaneity and an abundance of literary taste.
– Urdu Digest

About the Author

Dr. Anis ur Rahmaan is an engineer, architect, and an urban and regional planner. He has studied and taught in ten institutions of higher learning in the USA, UK, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. He prepared the first Master Plan for Greater Lahore—the second largest city of Pakistan—in the 1960s, which has not only been catalogued in the Library of Congress but also in the libraries of the major US universities. He worked for a number of years as Director of Town Planning of the Punjab and North Western Frontier Provinces in Pakistan. He was awarded International Development Fellowship by the East-West Center, University of Hawaii in 1967, and later conferred the Best Professor’s Award by the King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has also worked as United Nations’ Advisor for Urban and Regional Planning for about ten years in Saudi Arabia and as a UN Consultant in the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. In 1999 his name appeared in Who’s Who in the World. Currently he is engaged in community development and poverty alleviation through educational and vocational training programs on philanthropic basis in Pakistan. Dr. Rahmaan has already published two books: (i) Anjuman-e-Arzu in Urdu language for the people at large and (ii) The Imperatives of Urban and Regional Planning: Concepts and Case Studies from the Developing World for the academicians, practitioners and students of Urban and regional planning. He has also contributed a number of articles in leading literary and professional journals and chapters in edited books. Author’s eletronic addresses: (i) arahmaan@hotmail.com; (ii) anis.urrahmaan@gmail.com