Hajra Rehan

FICTION: YEARNING TO BREATHE

An English translation of Hasan Manzar’s Urdu novel Habs successfully retains the style and meaning of the original work Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:40am

FICTION: By the waters of the Hulan

The Urdu translation of a novel considered a classic of modern Chinese literature is immensely atmospheric and evocative Published 08 Dec, 2024 08:12am

FICTION: THE DARKNESS OF EMOTIONS

Winner of the Asif Farrukhi Ilm-o-Agahi Award 2024, an Urdu novel about complex family dynamics explores the edgier psychology of Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:13am

FICTION: OTHERED LOVE

A fresh translation of an Urdu novel by the late Altaf Fatima is lucid enough to be read on its own merits Published 02 Jun, 2024 08:09am

FICTION: THE GIFTED DAUGHTER

An Urdu translation of an English novel about a tempestuous love affair between Shams Tabraiz and Rumi’s adopted daughter Published 07 Jan, 2024 07:14am

NON-FICTION: WITNESS TO A TIME GONE BY

A diary of the experiences of a Pakistani doctor who worked in Nigeria for four years in the 1960s is both amusing and dramat Published 15 Oct, 2023 06:41am

NON-FICTION: DELHI, AS THEY KNEW IT

An intimate chronicle of a crucial era in the Subcontinent — often painted as effete and decadent — reveals the intellectual... Published 03 Jul, 2022 12:35pm

FICTION: PAKISTAN’S PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY

A new novel paints Pakistan as a portrait that acts as a kind of mirror, which reveals the dissipation of our resources, and our Published 26 Sep, 2021 11:51am

FICTION: BIRD IN SEARCH OF LOVE

A debut novel traces a journey of self-discovery through global politics Published 03 Nov, 2019 07:02am

NON-FICTION: THE ALIENATED CHILDREN OF THE SOIL

A look at why young Christians, despite being descendants of the soil, feel themselves alienated from Pakistani society Published 23 Dec, 2018 07:22am

FICTION: SUBTLE REALISM

Hasan Manzar’s novel Habs is a lesson in history and human nature Published 18 Mar, 2018 07:09am