While many in Pakistan may not know the eminent Urdu poet Shahryar, a slim volume may help correct that oversight

The stinking water in a flower vase begins to swelter and bubble with fermentation as chemical processes unleash a...

A book looks at the diverse strands of thought that fed into concepts of the educated Muslim girl in South Asia

Dr Shenila Khoja-Moolji is Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Bowdoin College, US. ...

The following extract has been taken from Saif Mahmood’s book Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City and Her Greatest Poets,...

In his 2005 introduction to ‘Jejuri’ — a celebrated poem by the leading English and Marathi language poet Arun...

Nahin Naqshgar, Nahin Naqshgar Ka Kamaal Hum! Makhdoom Tipu Salman From a lawyer with books on law, history and...

Syeda Muhammadi Begum died at just 30 years of age, but managed to author more than 30 books for women and children

An anthology of short stories revolving around women offers a compelling, poignant and inspirational read

Many readers may have heard of a French novel called La Disparition by Georges Perec, written without using the...

A journalist explores everyday life in the four quarters of Old Jerusalem

An account of the men and women who built it from a haphazard group of amateurs into the sprawling behemoth it is today

This motivational business fable was a monster hit. Twenty years later, we’re still wondering why

It is problematic when great poets in any language are not only identified but categorised by their geographical...

Diary of a Vagabond Mustansar Hussain Tarar A collection of travel columns that have been previously published in...

A new book uses oral histories to explore the larger Kashmir conflict through the lens of Azad Kashmiris

Anam Zakaria is a researcher, development professional, educationist, and winner of the KLF-German Peace Prize 2017...

A poem of Faiz Ahmed Faiz that begins with the line [And so we shall witness] has become over the years perhaps ...

Making villages active in governance processes is crucial for national progress, argues a development practitioner

A voracious exploration of femininity, suburban malaise, societal pressures and politics