FICTION: THE CEREBRAL EXPERIENCE
An English translation of Mirza Athar Baig’s surreal 2014 Urdu novel stays true to its source, bridging the gap betwe...
Irfan Aslam
FESTIVAL: PAMUK AND PERSEVERANCE
Despite being forced to close early on all three days and the organisers’ efforts to keep the agenda apolitical...
Rare prints, discounts make annual book fair a crowd-puller
LAHORE: The bibliophiles and general readers look forward to book fairs for two reasons: buying books of their ...
NON-FICTION: SILENCED HISTORIES
Revisiting 1971 in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India shows how people remember the conflict and how states influence those
We are all migrants, says British poet Ruth Padel
Upholds significance of form in poetry
FEATURE: THE DAMMED BOOKS
The ban on import of books from India is having a disastrous effect, not only on the business of bookshops, but also on
All-women group rises in tribute to Guru Nanak
A video recently went viral featuring Aarti of Baba Guru Nanak, which Indian composer, singer and artiste Madan ...
13 months, 12 countries — a young man’s brush with diversity
LAHORE: Miran Hussain at the age of just 20 has walked across 12 countries of Europe and Asia to reach Pakistan, the...
Guru Nanak forest with Miyawaki method set up in Kasur
LAHORE: The First Guru Nanak Sacred Forest, with the collaboration of the EcoSikh, a US-based organisation, has been...
Narowal haveli has nothing to do with Baba Guru Nanak
Travel writer and poet Irfan Shahood had visited the haveli – or saraye -- and documented it through pictures.
INTERVIEW: ‘THE JOB OF THE NOVELIST IS TO CREATE A WORLD. THE QUESTION IS, DOES IT RING TRUE?’— MIRZA WAHEED
Mirza Waheed is a novelist and journalist from Kashmir. He speaks to Eos about his recently released novel Tell Her...
Urdu Science Board in peril
LAHORE: The Task Force on Austerity and Restructuring of the Government under Dr Ishrat Hussain in a recent meeting...
Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s journey into English ghazal
Shadab Zeest Hashmi was doing her MFA at Warren Wilson College in the US about 10 years back...
FESTIVAL: MORE THAN BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Despite shortcomings in its programming and attendance this year, the Lahore Literary Festival is a welcome blessing in
SOCIETY: TO THINK AND DEBATE
Are festivals such as Lit Fest and ThinkFest engaging the general public or are they just for the elite?
Media must reinvent itself to survive, seminar told
LAHORE: The media is going through a transformation the world over due to “digital disruption” and mobile...
‘Punjab to remain as it is’
LAHORE: Punjab is not changing and will remain as it is.
This was stated by Punjabi activist and writer Amir ...
A rendezvous with Ustad Raza Ali Khan
When Raza Ali Khan sings, he keeps Surmandal in his lap just like his grandfather Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan did, ...
FESTIVAL: BAKHTIN’S CARNIVAL IN LAHORE
The Faiz International Festival that took place last weekend was not without issues, but its significance as a temporary
Javed Akhtar pores over poetry
LAHORE: Indian poet and screenplay writer Javed Akhtar says he is okay with free verse, but finds prose poem...