Terror in the Tilism A critical reading of the dastan fiction in Urdu unveils the glorification of violence Published 27 Mar, 2016 07:20am
COLUMN:Women in our dastan On the portrayal of women in the Tilism-i Hoshruba Published 07 Feb, 2016 12:05pm
COLUMN: Stories of the storytellers On the underlying themes in the dastan tradition of the subcontinent Updated 14 Dec, 2015 01:44pm
COLUMN: The ‘other’ in the Tilism Towards an analysis and social history of the dastan in the subcontinent Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
COLUMN: Dishonesty, thy name is Urdu scholarship On the controversial translation of Garcin de Tassy’s three-volume Histoire de la Litératture Hindoui et Hindoustanie Updated 16 Sep, 2015 02:04pm
COLUMN: What happened to Persian? Tracing the rise and fall of the language in the subcontinent Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
COLUMN: Man tau Hindi hai IN one of the many inconsequential literary sittings, where mostly inexperienced Urdu poets and writers present ... Published 08 Feb, 2015 06:51am
COLUMN:The uses of language snobbery:Urdu & the identity politics THE interesting phenomenon of the linguistic and literary culture of Urdu that I am going to talk about here, and... Published 11 Jan, 2015 06:52am
Connections: Being Badal In my first visit to Calcutta in early 1982, one person I wanted to meet was Badal Sircar, the accomplished Bengali... Updated 16 Sep, 2013 03:59pm
Connections: The world according to Jamia Rasheedia Most Muslim boys and girls growing up in Pakistan in the early 1970s are likely to have learned the Arabic text of... Published 08 Sep, 2013 08:52am
Connections: The earlier, better Advanis Hiranand Showkiram Advani, popularly known as Sadhu Hiranand, born in Hyderabad, Sindh, lived only for 30 years ... Published 01 Sep, 2013 08:20am
Sailing between Karachi and Bombay When I am distressed by the politics of our subcontinent, I lose myself in a dream. I imagine sailing to Cox’s Bazar. Updated 26 Aug, 2013 12:41pm
Urdu literature and the events of Pakistan's history Ajmal Kamal takes a look at how Pakistan's history shaped Urdu literature and its writers. Updated 10 Aug, 2013 04:18pm
