A veteran journalist’s recollections document Pakistan’s political and social history, offering insight particularly into some...
Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:35am
Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play Richard III follows the reign of England’s infamous monarch and...
Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:30am
Bapsi Sidhwa, who passed away on December 25, was one of the pioneers of English novel writing in Pakistan and also one of its
Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:40am
An excellent translation into Pashto of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the lasting legacies of the late Qalandar Momand
Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:17am
Mani Shankar Aiyar is a human Wagah/Attari gateway, a tangible point of contact between two irascible neighbours — India and...
Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:10am
Our ace poet Ahmed Mushtaq writes: “Yeh hain naey loagon ke ghar, sach hai ab inn ko kya khabar/ Dil bhi kisi ka...
Updated 26 Jan, 2025 09:33am
Shazaf Fatima Haider’s latest novel, about a woman contemplating divorce, delivers a bold and irresistible rollercoaster ride that
Published 29 Dec, 2024 09:13am
A well-researched book delves into the technological changes that are impacting the world’s socio-cultural landscape and what to
Published 29 Dec, 2024 09:08am
A coffee table book about pre-Partition postcards from the areas now part of Pakistan evokes nostalgia as well as preserves a part
Published 29 Dec, 2024 09:04am
Professor Abdur Rasheed, who retired as Urdu professor from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, is one of Urdu...
Published 29 Dec, 2024 08:56am
A book by a Nobel Prize winning molecular biologist about the biology of aging and death offers fascinating insight into the...
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:36am
A coming-of-age novel about friendships, family dynamics and cultural pressures resonates with the South Asian migrant experience
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:28am
A new collection of poems touching on themes of love, friendship, grief, loss, death, gratitude and the complexity of...
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:25am
The history of that treacherous and devastating Indian insurrection of 1857 carved in South Asian Muslim memory as...
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:19am
The true triumph of a debut novel inspired by real life political machinations from early 1990s Pakistan is in putting into
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:24am
A slim but noteworthy book looks at the decline of Hindustani classical music in Pakistan and posits the reasons behind it
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
In a ninth installment of ‘Evergreens’ from his bookshelf, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi remembers books about wars that defined the
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
The novel from Sehbai proves once again that, for him, art is a continuum with no beginning and no end. Art keeps grow
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
The Urdu translation of a novel considered a classic of modern Chinese literature is immensely atmospheric and evocative
Published 08 Dec, 2024 08:12am
A prize-winning debut novel brings into perspective colour prejudice and the pleasures of the natural world, while being
Published 08 Dec, 2024 08:12am
A new book on the life of the late Baloch insurgent Mir Hazar Khan Marri is less about him than about presenting a statist
Updated 08 Dec, 2024 01:02pm
The library spilled over to the adjacent verandah. Father’s most amazing collection, the complete set of 45 volumes
Published 08 Dec, 2024 08:12am
Those who use print dictionaries frequently, get so practised in the exercise that they can usually open it on the...
Published 01 Dec, 2024 07:07am
A republishing of the most comprehensive study of Sindh’s history is a visual treat as well as a book to cherish
Published 01 Dec, 2024 07:07am
A collection of reviews written in contemporaneous publications about Pakistani movies released between 1948 and 1971 fills a...
Published 01 Dec, 2024 07:07am
An Irish author’s novel about two brothers dealing with grief in their own ways and their relationship with each other offers some
Published 01 Dec, 2024 07:07am
A witty memoir sheds light on growing up queer in Pakistan, moving to America and struggling to find a place between the two world
Published 24 Nov, 2024 10:23am
The murders of four women and the arrest of the suspect prompts a young woman to start corresponding with the killer in jail
Published 24 Nov, 2024 10:23am
A journalist’s memoirs shed light on a particularly tumultuous phase of Pakistan’s history
Published 24 Nov, 2024 10:23am
