An anthology of stories from around the world depicts djinns via different cultural lenses

Would you hire this guy?The candidate is hopeless with deadlines and alternates between undisciplined meandering and...

Former Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan charts the ups and downs of neighbourly relations

A contentious but thought-provoking book is marred by poor editing

Constantine P. Cavafy, regarded as the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century, largely draws upon ...

Nikita Lalwani recommends In other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal MueenuddinNikita Lalwani’s first book, Gifted,...

October 17 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who exerted a defining influence on Indian Muslim

What do I say? And what do I write? My eyes have lost their vision, and my heart its joy. Hands tremble, And my...

A debut fantasy novel draws readers into medieval Russia and manages to create empathy for women’s struggles

Historical fiction, ostensibly about Lady Mountbatten, sidelines her for the story of her fictional secretary

The 2017 Nobel Prize for literature goes to...

Neither an obituary of Toheed Ahmed nor a review of his work, this column — appearing on his 70th birth ...

Allama Iqbal’s Tulip of Sinai – from A Message from the East (Payam-i-Mashriq) M. Hadi Hussain, Shireen Gheba Najib

A stark exposition of the conditions of women prisoners in Pakistan and a brave teenager’s remarkable personal struggle

An English translation of a well-known Urdu poet, novelist and short story writer’s autobiography captures

I recently met up with British-Pakistani author Qaisra Shahraz at her house in Manchester to discuss The Concubine...

A historical-materialistic approach analysing the Granth Sahib opens up new ways of reading the spiritual and cultural

A worthy sequel to a YA novel is heavier and darker than the first

A pictorial of the multiple religions practiced in Pakistan is a reminder of how far we’ve strayed from our founder’s

As we approach the second birth centenary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, he is being criticised to the extent of being...