The Best of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Parvez Anjum

With several volumes of translations to his name, particularly the works of Bulleh Shah, Parvez Anjum’s new offering contains English translations of 100 romantic and revolutionary odes by the legendary poet.

How India Lost Her Freedom
Pandit Sunderlal

Billed as “the book that the British banned”, this account by an “eminent Gandhian and freedom fighter” was originally published in 1929 and was an attempt to expose the dubious methods used by the British to take over India.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, April 8th, 2018

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