FICTION: THE DARKNESS OF EMOTIONS

FICTION: THE DARKNESS OF EMOTIONS

Winner of the Asif Farrukhi Ilm-o-Agahi Award 2024, an Urdu novel about complex family dynamics explores the edgier psychology of Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:13am
NON-FICTION: HOW TO SPEAK BETTER

NON-FICTION: HOW TO SPEAK BETTER

Media personality Mehdi Hasan delves into the history of the art of persuasion through history and brings his own experiences to
Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:08am
NON-FICTION: TO KASHMIR WITH LOVE

NON-FICTION: TO KASHMIR WITH LOVE

A collection of personal essays by a diaspora Kashmiri explores the intersections of tradition and modernity, familial...
Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:04am
COLUMN: MY LAHORE BOOKSHOPS

COLUMN: MY LAHORE BOOKSHOPS

In the 1990s, I first met Rana Abdul Rehman. His body was found a few days ago in a canal near Faisalabad.
Published 22 Jul, 2024 07:59am
POETRY: POETRY AS A VISUAL ART

POETRY: POETRY AS A VISUAL ART

Like Ghalib and Faiz before him, Sarmad Sehbai is a master of visual image construction in Urdu poetry and his new collection is
Updated 14 Jul, 2024 12:26pm
NON-FICTION: DEALING WITH EMOTIONS

NON-FICTION: DEALING WITH EMOTIONS

A pioneering Pakistani book provides self-care toolkits to foster emotional intelligence and mental well-being among adolescents
Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:57am
COLUMN: THE LITERARY COURTESAN

COLUMN: THE LITERARY COURTESAN

One Sunday morning in Karachi — I was eight — I heard my mother telling my father about a film she’d seen that Sunday morning,...
Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:51am
FICTION: THE PAIN OF SILENCES

FICTION: THE PAIN OF SILENCES

A sophomore novel is a poignant tale of three generations of a Pakistani immigrant family in the UK and about psychological wounds
Published 07 Jul, 2024 07:53am