Trends - Literature

The lost libraries of Lyari

In 1992, Lyari had 27 libraries, excluding the reading rooms. The number shrank to 11 in the early 2000s, and new books stopped coming in after 2005.

Updated 16 Jan, 2026 04:30pm

“Urdu has not produced any critic of global repute.”

Updated 14 Feb, 2016 04:35pm

On the diversity in the sessions on English language writing and reading

Updated 14 Feb, 2016 04:35pm

Women writers challenge and break down the region’s colonial tropes of isolation and violence in their work

Published 20 Dec, 2015 07:22am

Translated works of foreign-language authors open up a whole new world of literature for writers and readers alike

Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am

The tragedies and devastating impact of 1947 as captured in literature

Published 09 Aug, 2015 07:55am

“We need to engage in...ideas that ignite our imagination and inspire us to reimagine our lives and the world.”

Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am

Writers are individuals whose deepest attachment is not to their country or to a sociopolitical group but to art

Published 22 Mar, 2015 06:43am