BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published March 11, 2018

Main Aur Tum, Jaisay...
Ruqayya Diwan Adamjee

A series of illustrations exemplifying soulmates through concepts that will resonate with most Pakistanis, such as “December aur shaadiyan”, “nazla aur joshanda” and “shairi aur wah wah.”

Mir and Ghalib in the Light of T.S. Eliot’s Theory of Dissociation of Sensibility
Qaiser Alam

An analysis of 50 selected verses each of the subcontinental poets through the British poet’s thesis of the way in which intellectual thought is separate from the experience of feeling.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, March 11th, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

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Regional climbdown

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Burning questions
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Burning questions

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Governance failure
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Governance failure

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Iran endgame
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Iran endgame

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Water concerns
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Water concerns

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Down and out
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Down and out

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