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By Feroze Varun GandhiThis second anthology of poems by noted politician Feroze Varun Gandhi is intriguing...
Updated 14 Dec, 2015 01:49pm
On the anthology of Musadiq Sanwal’s poetry published posthumously
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:10am
A collection of essays that details the history of Pakistan has missing links in the narrative
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:10am
The Forgers takes readers into the world of rare books through a murder-mystery plot
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:10am
Ravish Nadeem’s latest collection of poems is innovative and encapsulates modern-day life
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:10am
Christina Lamb looks at the US-led, 13-year war in Afghanistan & its impact on the region in a narrative lacking depth
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:10am
On the underlying themes in the dastan tradition of the subcontinent
Updated 14 Dec, 2015 01:44pm
Renowned journalist Masha Gessen explores what led the Tsarnaev brothers to become the Boston Marathon bombers
Published 13 Dec, 2015 07:10am
A publication throws light on the correspondence between the writers Zulfikar Ghose and B.S. Johnson
Updated 07 Dec, 2015 01:59pm
On the music of Urdu poetry
Published 06 Dec, 2015 06:33am
Part II of Dr Sadaf Fatima’s research on travelogues by female writers in Urdu is lacking in some respects
Published 06 Dec, 2015 06:33am
On the life, death, and achievements of Yukio Mishima
Updated 14 Dec, 2015 01:53pm
Way Down Dark, the first in J.P. Smythe’s Australia trilogy, is a fast-paced narrative
Published 06 Dec, 2015 06:33am
Ian Caldwell’s bestseller explores the controversy surrounding the Fifth Gospel and the Shroud of Turin
Published 06 Dec, 2015 06:33am
The beauty within Mir Taqi Mir’s ghazals and nazms
Updated 30 Nov, 2015 04:46pm
Whispering Hope is a heart-rending account of five women formerly trapped in Ireland’s Magdalene laundries
Published 29 Nov, 2015 06:56am
Jostein Gaarder’s latest novel brilliantly explores environmental issues
Published 29 Nov, 2015 06:56am
Christophe Jaffrelot’s new book provides a different perspective from the usual narratives on Pakistan
Published 29 Nov, 2015 06:56am
On Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet and the last book of the series
Published 29 Nov, 2015 06:56am
Victoria’s Aveyard debut is a fast-paced but disturbing read
Published 29 Nov, 2015 06:56am
A Robot in the Garden has a clichéd plot but its central character, Tang, makes the novel entertaining enough
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
Raghu Karnad writes about the role of Indians during the Second World War through his own family’s story
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
Comedian Greg Proops’s book is as entertaining as his podcasts
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
Carnegie Medal-winner Patrick Ness’s coming-of-age novel is about the everyday issues that young people deal with
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
Necropolis is a noire-crime novel meets supernatural thriller set in the Indian capital
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
Dilip Hiro’s The Longest August is a comprehensive but unilluminating account of Indo-Pak relations
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
Exploring the Other in literature and philosophy
Published 22 Nov, 2015 07:20am
A treatise on Sayyid Ahmad Barailvi paints him in realistic colours
Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am
An anthology on the education system in South Asia gives interesting perspectives on the educational crisis
Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am
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
Elizabeth Gilbert guides creative people on how to overcome their mental blocks
Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am
Politician and army officer Majeed Malik’s autobiography gives insight into events that are part of our history
Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am
A heartbreaking novel about illegal immigrants and their struggles
Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am
Jeffrey Archer’s latest thriller will be appreciated by his fans
Published 15 Nov, 2015 06:59am
S.Y. Quraishi, the former chief election commissioner of India on his country’s electoral processes
Published 08 Nov, 2015 06:56am
If the Oceans were Ink presents the liberal face of Islamic scholarship
Published 08 Nov, 2015 06:56am
Rosemary Raza’s treatise captures the illustrated history of Sindh when the province was under British rule
Published 08 Nov, 2015 06:56am
Edwards studies early Islamic architecture of the Indus Valley and the myths that are inseparable from the monuments
Published 08 Nov, 2015 06:56am
The author looks back on how he juggled two careers and became a writer of fiction
Published 08 Nov, 2015 06:56am
A Mirrored Life is a historical novel that brilliantly imagines what the Sufi mystic’s life was like
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
Renowned scholar Tariq Rahman looks at how identities, colonisation and Islamisation have influenced naming trends
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
Towards an analysis and social history of the dastan in the subcontinent
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
In his detailed tome, the renowned historian analyses the dynamics that shaped the 19th century
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
Chetan Bhaghat’s novel Half Girlfriend is an entertaining read
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
“I knew I was onto something, there was the pulse of life in writing the book, I could feel it.”
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
Sethi chronicles her battle with anorexia-bulimia, drug addiction and alcoholism in her memoir
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
An artist rediscovers life and who she is in Anna Quindlen’s Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Published 01 Nov, 2015 07:07am
On the accomplished writer and editor, Tirath Ferozepuri, who published and translated works from more than 155 books
Updated 26 Oct, 2015 01:43pm
One of this summer’s bestsellers, The Girl on the Train lives up to its hype
Published 26 Oct, 2015 06:43am
Revisiting Dune, one of the most popular science fiction book to be written, on the 50th anniversary of its publication
Updated 28 Oct, 2015 03:14pm
A collection of articles from the magazine Chaman chronicles the lives of women in the early 1900s
Published 26 Oct, 2015 06:43am
The accomplished writer’s third collection of short stories is a riveting read
Published 26 Oct, 2015 06:43am
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book provides insight into a difficult time in Pakistan’s foreign policy manoeuvres.
Updated 26 Oct, 2015 12:27pm
On the medical practices introduced by the British in colonial India
Updated 21 Oct, 2015 01:20pm
M.G. Vassanji explores the histories and identities of the countries in which he has spent his life
Published 18 Oct, 2015 06:45am
Looking at the equivalence of poetry and the visual arts
Published 18 Oct, 2015 06:45am
The award-winning book is a powerful commentary on the broken American dream
Published 18 Oct, 2015 06:45am
A homage to Rajinder Singh Bedi on his birth centenary
Published 18 Oct, 2015 06:45am
Inspired by an event in her life, Judy Blume explores the effect of plane crashes on the residents of a small town
Published 18 Oct, 2015 06:45am
Daniel Silva’s latest thriller is a great read despite its improbable scenarios
Updated 28 Oct, 2015 02:58pm
David Duchovny’s novel is an absurd but amusing animal adventure with a cow as its protagonist
Published 18 Oct, 2015 06:45am
Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger’s book provides an in-depth analysis of the emergence of the self-styled Islamic State
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Tracing the roots of the gul-o bulbul theme in poetry
Updated 12 Oct, 2015 11:45am
A collection of 16 thought-provoking essays that reflect on parenting and child-rearing
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Where Worlds Collide gives a fresh representation of the current generation of Pakistani writers
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Tania James tells a tale with three interconnected narratives and an important issue at its heart
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Governments need to rethink their approach if a rise in sea level and other natural calamities are to be avoided
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Ahfazur Rahman’s book gives deep insight into journalists’ struggle for a free press during the Ziaul Haq regime
Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am
Inspired by true events in anthropologist Margaret Mead’s life, Euphoria explores the dynamics of relationships
Published 04 Oct, 2015 06:37am
On Kishwar Naheed’s latest offering is a volume of prose
Published 04 Oct, 2015 06:37am
The story of the transgender activist who champions her community’s causes in India and internationally
Published 04 Oct, 2015 06:37am
Margaret Walker traces the roots of Kathak to colonisation and Indian nationalism, dispelling myths about its origins
Updated 10 Oct, 2015 03:11pm
On the storytelling skills of the Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer
Updated 05 Oct, 2015 03:07pm
Hasan Mujtaba’s poems are a powerful testament to the narrative of exile
Published 04 Oct, 2015 06:37am
The renowned Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s latest novel is hilarious, disturbing and thought-provoking
Published 25 Sep, 2015 02:10am
On the brilliant Bangladeshi writer Rizia Rahman
Published 25 Sep, 2015 02:10am
“It is really shocking that historical monuments on the World Heritage List are entrusted to the provincial government.”
Published 25 Sep, 2015 02:10am
The English translation of Gunahon Ka Devta eloquently retells the Hindi classic
Updated 12 Oct, 2015 11:48am
An essential read for understanding how communities that lived together for centuries suddenly became enemies
Published 25 Sep, 2015 02:10am
Gil Haris gives readers an insight into he historical syncretism of India in the 16th and 17th centuries
Published 25 Sep, 2015 02:10am
Zehra Nigah’s collection of poetry is a worthy read despite the omission of one of her most well-known nazms
Published 25 Sep, 2015 02:10am
Akhlaq Ansari grapples with philosophical questions in his collection of short stories, Saaye Mein Dhoop
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
The HRCP report highlights the country's poor performance in development goals and women's and minorities' rights
Updated 21 Sep, 2015 02:40pm
An imaginative and gripping novel by Zuberi
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
On the revival of theatre at the Alhamra Arts Council in the late 1950s
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
In his latest book, Khurshid Hasan Shaikh researches public works constructed during the times of four Muslim rulers
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
On the literary representations and narratives of elite and working-class British Muslim immigrants
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
Nick Hornby’s latest novel falls short of the standard set by his popular works, About a Boy and High Fidelity
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
In Day Four, passengers on a cruise liner find themselves trapped in horrifying, supernatural conditions
Published 20 Sep, 2015 07:42am
An analysis of the actors and factors that influence Karachi’s land issues
Published 13 Sep, 2015 06:51am
On the controversial translation of Garcin de Tassy’s three-volume Histoire de la Litératture Hindoui et Hindoustanie
Updated 16 Sep, 2015 02:04pm
Kate Bolick explores the joys of being unattached and single
Updated 15 Sep, 2015 02:01pm
In her most recent book, Rumana Husain documents Karachi’s marginalised street professionals
Published 13 Sep, 2015 06:51am
Alice Munro’s short story collection is a brilliant study of ordinary lives
Published 13 Sep, 2015 06:51am
A Vintage Wedding could have been an entertaining novel, yet it is anything but
Published 13 Sep, 2015 06:51am
A recent publication on prose writers in the Pakistani military
Updated 18 Sep, 2015 02:35pm
An in-depth look at Jawaharlal Nehru’s accomplishments and failures
Published 06 Sep, 2015 06:48am
Kalaam-e-Aarifaan is a compilation of Sufi poetry by some of the most well-known names in the history of Sufism
Published 06 Sep, 2015 06:48am
Simone Wille traces the history and evolution of Pakistani modernism and contemporary art
Published 06 Sep, 2015 06:48am
