BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published November 24, 2019

Rising Hindutva and its Impact on the Region
S.M. Hali

A historical and contemporary political record and analysis that explains the evolution of the ideology from the margins of Indian politics into its mainstream.

My Thoughts in Solitude, Volume II: The Divine Rose
Bakhtiar Haider

Volume I was a collection of philosophical quotations; its successor is a mixture of similar quotations as well as original verses of mystic poetry.

Shadows of the Rainbow
Sayed M. Irfan

A civil engineer with a passion for poetry and classic Pakistani and Indian film songs, the author revisits his life in this autobiography, in particular his years spent in college and university.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, November 24th, 2019

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