When the protests against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza broke out across US campuses, a friend suggested that ...
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
While the 2022 floods caused mayhem nationwide, such climate-induced calamities are happening more frequently in Pakistan’s
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Pakistan’s badminton legend Tariq Wadood reminisces about his glory days in the late 1970s and 1980s…
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
For the residents of villages of the Kaachho region in Sindh’s Dadu district, the search for water remains the biggest of the
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
An exhibition at the Venice Biennale explores how Palestinians have become ‘foreigners everywhere’ — even at home
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Why Rishi Sunak, the great hope of multicultural Britain, fell flat and is about to fizzle out
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Recent judicial activism maintains the precedents set by now-retired populist judges, whose various verdicts badly disturbed the
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Eos presents excerpts from Rebecca de Chandio’s latest New York Times’ best-seller...
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
‘I Can’t Find the Right Match’
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Early bolting in plants can impact the quality and quantity of the fruit it produces, inhibiting the growth, size, taste and textu
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Is a franchise system like cricket’s PSL the best way forward? And why is an interim football administration pushing for it?
Updated 12 May, 2024 07:14pm
Diary entries from a former actor reflect on how the desire to conform to the norms of the entertainment industry allowed her to
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
Zahra Afzal runs the Women’s Football Academy in Hazara Town, Quetta. What made her get into such an apparently thankless job?
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
Climate change helps explain why ocean temperatures keep rising, but it doesn’t paint the full picture. And the effects of warme
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
Poetry, calligraphy and spirituality intertwine in Fazil Hussain Mousavi’s artwork
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
A collective identity makes us feel as if we are a part of something bigger and more important than just our own lives
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
Imran was convinced that May 9-10 protests were an attempt to rally support amongst "pro-Khan" factions in the military. However, any military intervention was drastically overestimated by his supporters.
Updated 12 May, 2024 10:55am
A candy created during the Ottoman Sultanate continues to charm people centuries later
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
‘My Wife Thinks I’m Unfaithful ’
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
Bolting is a natural process in the plant life cycle, but it can be brought on earlier than usual because of environmental factors
Published 12 May, 2024 07:38am
he book addresses underdeveloped countries of the world. The author feels that the world at the moment
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
I wish to begin this piece with the lines that Hasan Zaidi quoted to end his essay on Paul Auster in Books and...
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
A rare and long-awaited collection of fiction from a distinguished man of letters leaves the reader thirsting for more
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
A debut collection of short stories from Bangladesh marks its author as a notable addition to the vibrant storytellers
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
A collection of essays by experts analyses the multiple, simultaneous crises facing Pakistan in the political, economic,
Published 19 May, 2024 07:38am
Paul Auster, a great American writer of sophistication, innovation and intellect passed away on April 30
Published 12 May, 2024 10:12am
I first ran into Paul Auster completely by chance at Liberty Books in Karachi’s Clifton area in 2003. This was...
Published 12 May, 2024 10:04am
An academic book providing a comparative look at pre- and post-Partition era writing in Urdu literature is an extremely useful...
Published 12 May, 2024 10:01am
“This tale is steeped in the colours of the East and its connection to the conventions of Urdu literature is so deep,” writes...
Published 12 May, 2024 09:56am
The book is a poetic intellectual exploration of Shaikh Ayaz’s selected verses that have been translated from Sindhi into English
Published 12 May, 2024 09:50am
Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s Ghazal Cosmopolitan is, in her own words, “part love letter to Urdu… and part manual for the craft of ghazal
Published 05 May, 2024 08:13am
A compilation of Urdu letters written by Japanese academics and students to a Pakistani Urdu scholar is an enriching read for...
Published 05 May, 2024 08:05am
Actor, producer, director, author and voice-over artist Henry Winkler’s memoir is most poignant when he deals with the curse of
Published 05 May, 2024 07:46am
The Bangladeshi-American author Rumaan Alam wrote Leave the World Behind just before the Covid-19 pandemic. The novel was...
Published 05 May, 2024 07:42am
I.A. Rehman’s posthumously published memoirs narrate his early life and the making of one of the greatest human rights activists
Updated 09 May, 2024 03:37pm
A gripping historical drama centring around a young girl and a London bookshop involved in a Cold War espionage network offers a
Published 28 Apr, 2024 10:29am
A recent collection of poetry and poetic prose presents one with a different interpretive angle and nuance of feeling on each...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 10:04am
The names Passchendaele, the Somme and Mametz Wood stand as grim sentinels, forever bound to the unimaginable ...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 09:59am
The author of the book is a petroleum engineer by profession, who has worked in Pakistan and the Middle East for more than 36
Published 28 Apr, 2024 09:50am
Syed Nomanul Haq’s Urdu translation of Mansur al-Hallaj’s Kitab al-Tawasin captures the beauty and elegance of the original...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:58am
