Author Archives: dawnbooksandauthors
19th May, 2013
A new African voice
Reviewed by Huma Yusuf Taiye Selasi’s debut novel, Ghana Must Go, is weighed down by expectation. Selasi was named by Granta magazine as one of…
Reviewed by Huma Yusuf Taiye Selasi’s debut novel, Ghana Must Go, is weighed down by expectation. Selasi was named by Granta magazine as one of…
19th May, 2013
How a woman’s friend should be
Reviewed by Muna Khan Is it a memoir? A self-help book? A novel? All of the above? Or none of the above? Sheila Heti’s How…
Reviewed by Muna Khan Is it a memoir? A self-help book? A novel? All of the above? Or none of the above? Sheila Heti’s How…
19th May, 2013
The memoirs of Shabnum Gul by Amar Sindhu
“Men distance themselves in autobiographies that are ‘success stories and histories of the era’, focused on professional lives while women’s life writing emphasises personal and…
“Men distance themselves in autobiographies that are ‘success stories and histories of the era’, focused on professional lives while women’s life writing emphasises personal and…
19th May, 2013
Fiction at its finest: Man Booker International Prize, 2013
By Asif Farrukhi On May 22, the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for 2013 will be announced. What makes this award of special…
By Asif Farrukhi On May 22, the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for 2013 will be announced. What makes this award of special…
19th May, 2013
An Indian’s take on the world
Reviewed by Salman Rashid There are endless names shining through the annals of the Great Game that raged during the 19th century. Most of them…
Reviewed by Salman Rashid There are endless names shining through the annals of the Great Game that raged during the 19th century. Most of them…
19th May, 2013
REVIEW: Highway to Pakistan
Reviewed by Adam Abdullah Journey through Pakistan is written as an actual road trip from Khyber through Punjab to Karachi and then Quetta, making various…
Reviewed by Adam Abdullah Journey through Pakistan is written as an actual road trip from Khyber through Punjab to Karachi and then Quetta, making various…
19th May, 2013
REVIEW: When Japanese and Urdu meet
Reviewed by Umair Khan IT is often said that literature has a universal language and its appeal cannot be constrained within geographical boundaries. It is…
Reviewed by Umair Khan IT is often said that literature has a universal language and its appeal cannot be constrained within geographical boundaries. It is…
19th May, 2013
COLUMN: Painting for the cause of nature by Intizar Husain
MUSARRAT Hasan has compiled the work of Ijaz ul Hassan in a volume titled Ijaz ul Hassan: Five Decades of Paintings. We are introduced to…
MUSARRAT Hasan has compiled the work of Ijaz ul Hassan in a volume titled Ijaz ul Hassan: Five Decades of Paintings. We are introduced to…
12th May, 2013
COVER STORY: Vintage Cowasjee: A Selection of Writings From Dawn, 1984-2011
Reviewed by I.A. Rehman For more than 20 years, Ardeshir Cowasjee diligently functioned as his country’s honorary conscience-keeper. Week after week he beamed his search-light…
Reviewed by I.A. Rehman For more than 20 years, Ardeshir Cowasjee diligently functioned as his country’s honorary conscience-keeper. Week after week he beamed his search-light…
12th May, 2013
COVER STORY: Ah, the joys of back-formations: the social sciences, Bollywood and Urdu by Syed Nomanul Haq
In recent years, the social sciences appear to have dominated both the literary and linguistic studies of Urdu, at least in terms of the…
In recent years, the social sciences appear to have dominated both the literary and linguistic studies of Urdu, at least in terms of the…
12th May, 2013
COLUMN: Manto’s Pakistan, 2013
By Raza Naeem Since this is election season in Pakistan, and our vote was scheduled to coincide with Saadat Hasan Manto’s 101th birthday, I would…
By Raza Naeem Since this is election season in Pakistan, and our vote was scheduled to coincide with Saadat Hasan Manto’s 101th birthday, I would…
12th May, 2013
REVIEW: What it means to be Muslim League
Reviewed by Humair Ishtiaq EVEN for a diehard Muslim Leaguer, it would be quite a task to come up with the exact number of factions…
Reviewed by Humair Ishtiaq EVEN for a diehard Muslim Leaguer, it would be quite a task to come up with the exact number of factions…
12th May, 2013
REVIEW: Deliciously Yours: Chocolates and Desserts by Lal Majid
Reviewed by Soheba Mohammed Deliciously Yours by Lal Majid is probably the first of its kind in Pakistan. It is a collection of non-desi recipes,…
Reviewed by Soheba Mohammed Deliciously Yours by Lal Majid is probably the first of its kind in Pakistan. It is a collection of non-desi recipes,…
12th May, 2013
REVIEW: Wool by Hugh Howey
Reviewed by Mahvesh Murad HUGH Howey is a man who once worked for $10 an hour selling books. He must have been very good at…
Reviewed by Mahvesh Murad HUGH Howey is a man who once worked for $10 an hour selling books. He must have been very good at…
12th May, 2013
COLUMN: Jatak tales at the literature festival by Intizar Husain
THE two-day Islamabad Literature Festival has been acknowledged as a tremendous success. It was a multi-lingual festival and along with English the literatures of different…
THE two-day Islamabad Literature Festival has been acknowledged as a tremendous success. It was a multi-lingual festival and along with English the literatures of different…
5th May, 2013
COVER STORY: Putting women first
Reviewed by Zohra Yusuf It is unlikely that Zadia Birru of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia could have met Dr Nafis Sadik, the subject of…
Reviewed by Zohra Yusuf It is unlikely that Zadia Birru of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia could have met Dr Nafis Sadik, the subject of…
5th May, 2013
COLUMN: Cinema and the city: The Ayub years by Kamran Asdar Ali
Film-maker Sabiha Sumar, in a scene from her documentary about women in Pakistan (For a Place Under the Heavens, 2003) contrasts the present public arena…
Film-maker Sabiha Sumar, in a scene from her documentary about women in Pakistan (For a Place Under the Heavens, 2003) contrasts the present public arena…
5th May, 2013
ISLAMABAD LITERATURE FESTIVAL: The debate around Urdu
By Haneen Rafi Sessions focusing on Urdu literature at the first Islamabad Literature Festival were both ample and very well-attended, with people eager to hear…
By Haneen Rafi Sessions focusing on Urdu literature at the first Islamabad Literature Festival were both ample and very well-attended, with people eager to hear…
5th May, 2013
ISLAMABAD LITERATURE FESTIVAL: The question of English writing in Pakistan
By Haseeb Asif The festival included a number of discussions on poetry and prose written in English by writers of Pakistani origin. Fittingly, much of…
By Haseeb Asif The festival included a number of discussions on poetry and prose written in English by writers of Pakistani origin. Fittingly, much of…
5th May, 2013
ISLAMABAD LITERATURE FESTIVAL: In conversation with …
By Nurjehan Mawaz-Khan It is inspiring to be among luminaries that one only imagines through their works, and the throngs in attendance were a …
By Nurjehan Mawaz-Khan It is inspiring to be among luminaries that one only imagines through their works, and the throngs in attendance were a …
