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FICTION: THE NEXT BIG KARACHI NOVEL?
With a protagonist impossible not to like and enjoyably ranging across aspects of Karachi’s art, culture, landscape and
NON-FICTION: EATING HUMBLE PIE WITH HISTORY
Francis Fukuyama revisits his own grandiose thesis about liberal democracy being the end point of humankind’s political
ESSAY: THE SILENCES OF IFTIKHAR ARIF
Silence can also be eloquent and have its own lifecycles in poetry
COLUMN: DECADENCE OF THE FRENCH
A certain amount of decadence and rakishness is required to produce a worthwhile work of art or piece of literature....
BOOKS IN BRIEF
Altaf-i-Sahafat Dr Tahir Masood A tribute to veteran journalist, editor and publisher Altaf Hasan Qureshi, the book
Festival: Surviving in times of air space closures
Given the circumstances, the fact that the 10th edition of the KLF took place is an achievement in itself.
NON-FICTION: THE POLARISING OF PAKISTAN
Nadeem Farooq Paracha’s latest book encapsulates the pivotal events that have shaped present Pakistani society
POETRY: REQUIEM FOR A DREAMER
Suroor Barabankvi’s collected works make clear that the late poet was one who illuminated the personal as much as the
COLUMN: FICTION’S REDEMPTIVE POWER
I’ve just returned from my first Lahore Literary Festival (LLF), having previously attended four in Karachi since...
FESTIVAL: MORE THAN BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Despite shortcomings in its programming and attendance this year, the Lahore Literary Festival is a welcome blessing in
FICTION: MORE THAN JUST TEEN LOVE
An incredibly endearing Young Adult novel with a sweet, sad, hopeful heart deals sensitively with Islamophobia and
NON-FICTION: KHUSHWANT'S PUNJAB
Compiled by his daughter, a book brings together the best of the towering intellectual’s essays on his land, his people
COLUMN: THE LIFE OF FESTIVALS
I arrived at Chennai airport from Dubai early on a mid-January morning to be greeted at immigration by a smiling...
Books in Brief
An exhaustively researched account that highlights the role of Pakistan’s military in global peacekeeping efforts, with
POETRY: BEYOND COMPARTMENTALISATION
Undeniably one of the most powerful voices to have graced the world of Urdu, Zehra Nigah’s latest offering reinforces
FICTION: SINISTER SISTERS
A morbidly funny modern noir combines family saga, quirky crime thriller and dark comedy, but is also a sharply incisive
NON-FICTION: THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND
A stimulating finale to a trilogy on humans past, present and future meditates on what it means to be human in the age
COLUMN: IRAQ'S NOVEL BOUNTY
In a year of relentlessly pursuing good novels, some of the most interesting and amazing novels I read came,...
FICTION: JANE AUSTEN IN THE PUNJAB
A contemporary Pakistani adaptation of Pride and Prejudice works because of its attention to detail when it comes to
NON-FICTION: ODDS TOWARDS ENDS
A good source for understanding the Indian perspective and narrative on important Indo-Pak issues, a research book falls
NON-FICTION: THE DISCOVERY OF SRIDEVI
A fan’s exploration of the life and career of the iconic cinema superstar