November 9 is Iqbal Day every year. But there is still debate about Allama Iqbal’s actual date and year of birth.
Updated 09 Nov, 2025 10:37am
During one of my story-building workshops in a public school in Larkana, in which I was tasked to help Grade 9 and 10 girls write
Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:20am
Professor Audrey Truschke’s high-level introduction to the long history of the Indian Subcontinent is not just a lucid reference
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:38am
Symbols, mystery and thrills — Dan Brown’s latest novel has two academics and lovers encountering all kinds of trouble as they run
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:29am
The life story of a well-known psychiatrist provides insight into the healthcare and education system of Pakistan as well as its
Updated 02 Nov, 2025 07:19pm
A door creaks shut, unexpectedly; a footstep is heard on the stair; a face seen at the window. The haunted house is ...
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:14am
A landmark comparative study of the poetry of Meer Anees places him not merely as a regional poet of lamentation but as a member
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:35am
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s posthumously published, unfinished novella, despite its shortcomings, carries his deep understanding of
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:28am
A woman dealing with bipolar disorder pens a book that is part autobiography and part a discourse on the state of mental health
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:20am
In Lahore, during the first Test of the current Pakistan-South Africa cricket series, spinner Noman Ali from ...
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:08am
The grand tales of Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel prize for literature 2025, speak to our alienated...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 10:08am
The English translations of three stories from A.R. Khatoon’s Kahaniyan, preserve the tradition of telling fantastical bedtime...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 10:01am
Alamgir Hashmi’s 12th collection of verse consists of diverse, lyrical English poems that combine elegance and subtlety with...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 09:55am
In 1639, in the 11th year of his reign, the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan took the decision to build a new capital at...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 09:51am
Just like society needs structure and laws to keep diverse groups of people together, the Book Club too, must have a supervising
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 11:31am
A collection of short stories, anecdotes and vignettes in English and Urdu imparts a quiet wisdom accrued over decades
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 08:55am
Despite some analytical weaknesses, a new book about tourism succeeds as an intellectual provocation, challenging readers to
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 08:55am
A beautifully produced coffee table book attempts to unravel the mystery of the artist and his creative output with essays by
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 08:56am
A new book offers sharp, engaging and valuable insights about developmental paths, and communicates complex ideas in an easily...
Published 05 Oct, 2025 09:23am
The sequel and concluding part of a duology about magic and subversion feels rushed, flat, and largely unengaging
Published 05 Oct, 2025 09:18am
Muneeza Shamsie’s latest anthology of Pakistani English language literature provides access to work that may now be hard to access
Published 05 Oct, 2025 09:12am
It was embarrassing to watch what happened in the ACC Asia Cup 2025 in the three games that Pakistan and India ...
Published 05 Oct, 2025 09:02am
In Ferdowsnama, Shandana Minhas has given us a brilliant novel set in the Mughal era that is alternately chilling and grim...
Published 28 Sep, 2025 07:34am
A collection of articles focuses on constitutional deviations by a combination of powerful military and bureaucratic forces that
Published 28 Sep, 2025 07:30am
A biography of director and producer Raj Khosla is an enriching narrative about a multi-talented filmmaker who deserves far more
Published 28 Sep, 2025 07:25am
Many years ago, an editor at Critical Muslim asked me to contribute an essay to an issue she was preparing, on the...
Published 28 Sep, 2025 07:23am
The fourth in a quartet of books exploring the relationship between Islam and the West, Akbar S. Ahmed’s latest dwells upon the
Published 21 Sep, 2025 10:21am
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel is about four women whose lives are interconnected and spans the US...
Published 21 Sep, 2025 10:14am
An English translation of an almost 260-year-old classic offers profound insights into the intricate historical trajectory...
Published 21 Sep, 2025 10:06am
In her memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy recounts how literary agent David Godwin flew from Britain to...
Published 21 Sep, 2025 09:48am
