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NON-FICTION: THE LINES OF OTHERS
A nuanced detailing of the tragedies and ordinariness of daily life on the Line of Control is also political commentary
FICTION: SUBALTERN AFTERLIVES OF PARTITION
A new collection of Punjabi short stories provides an opening to explore how Partition has lived on as an active memory
FICTION: DISSOLVING IDENTITIES
Reissued after 40 years, a memoir-like novel still seems fresh and emotive, but its brevity cannot do justice to its
COLUMN: SOCIAL MEDIA AND POWER
In my last column I explored what happens to the five senses in a digital age via a reading of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit...
FICTION: ‘MY SHATTERED REFLECTION’
An English translation of a one-of-its-kind novel from Bhopal, once dubbed one of the ‘best untranslated novels’ in the
FICTION: THE UNSUBTLE, METAPHORIC EVERYWOMAN
Cecelia Ahern’s collection of short stories has a great deal of whimsy, but is often too predictable and heavy-handed
NON-FICTION: BEING PRIYANKA CHOPRA
Two books on the global superstar have recently been released, but only one of them gives you a real insight into the
COLUMN: GHALIB’S UNEXPLORED VISTAS
There are oceans of writing in Urdu and Persian that haven’t been translated into other languages. A slew of...
BOOKS IN BRIEF
M.A. Jinnah: The Outside View Muhammad Reza Kazimi The veteran historian, a retired professor of the University
FICTION: MURAKAMI’S BLANK SPACES
Master novelist Haruki Murakami’s latest book, at its core, is about the melancholic nature of the creative process but
NON-FICTION: THE WOMEN OF EMPIRE
An exciting new book delves into the lives of the real, flesh-and-blood women who were indispensable to the formation
INTERVIEW: ‘WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE’S NOTHING ON WOMEN...
Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire is Ira Mukhoty’s startling insight into ...
COLUMN: POETS AND DREAMERS
They were born five years apart. Both Leos, both poets, prose writers, radicals. I had barely stopped mourning one...
FAMILY MATTERS
Are people who need people really the luckiest people in the world? Not a chance, according to Lane Moore, author of...
NON-FICTION: THE ALIENATED CHILDREN OF THE SOIL
A look at why young Christians, despite being descendants of the soil, feel themselves alienated from Pakistani society
NON-FICTION: MAD MEN VERSUS MATH MEN
Mandatory reading for practitioners of advertising and laypersons alike about an industry in turmoil
FICTION: MOOING ON UP
The struggles of a wife and mother of three when her husband decides to give up his corporate job and venture
FICTION: THE DREAM LIFE OF TORTOISES
A majestic debut novel by a longtime apprentice of writing is a devastating portrayal of malignant male sexuality and
POETRY: A POEM FOR A REFUGEE SON
Khalid Hosseini deviates from his usual style of fictional prose to offer a heartfelt tribute to refugees in the form
FICTION: LAMENT OF THE POWERLESS
An evocative novel about the underprivileged and marginalised in Sindh reads like a vivid screenplay
COLUMN: THE ASH OF GRACE
A short, fidgety old man sporting a neatly trimmed grey beard and usually wearing a lounge suit with a cheerful tie,...