On what makes the late Abdullah Hussein such a great literary figure
Updated 15 Aug, 2015 02:59pm
Syeda Abida Hussain’s memoirs give readers an insight into the
behind-the-scenes intrigue in Pakistani politics
Published 13 Jul, 2015 12:35am
Omar Shahid Hamid’s second novel is a page-turner and as engaging as his debut, The Prisoner
Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
Tracing the rise and fall of the language in the subcontinent
Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
The novella revolves around a pachyderm trying to get back to his family before the borders are drawn on Partition
Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
“We need to engage in...ideas that ignite our imagination and inspire us to reimagine our lives and the world.”
Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
Edward St Aubyn’s Lost for Words effectively satirises the world of literary prizes
Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
The renowned poet and lyricist, Gulzar, explores his identity and nature in his latest anthology of poems
Published 05 Jul, 2015 06:20am
Academic Anna Suvorova examines Benazir Bhutto's life through the political and social context of her times
Published 28 Jun, 2015 07:36am
Shandana Minhas’s first novel for children and young adults is an engaging tale for older readers as well
Published 28 Jun, 2015 07:36am
The history of Urdu and Hindi writers reveals diverse religious backgrounds
Published 28 Jun, 2015 07:36am
The Militant provides insight into the history, rise and possible future of militancy in Pakistan
Published 28 Jun, 2015 07:36am
An exploration of the symbolism of ghazaal in Urdu poetry
Published 28 Jun, 2015 07:36am
Novelist Khalid Javaid excels at exploring the dark aspects of life as evident in his second novel
Published 28 Jun, 2015 07:36am
Andrew Small examines the history of the unusual relationship between China and Pakistan
Published 21 Jun, 2015 07:01am
The narrative and portrayal of Balochistan and the Baloch in English literature
Updated 25 Jul, 2015 01:33pm
Peerzada Salman reflects on the history of Karachi's architecture in his collection of essays
Published 21 Jun, 2015 07:01am
A master of the horror genre, Stephen King continues to terrify readers with his latest book
Published 21 Jun, 2015 07:01am
BY SAMEEN AMER Comedian Jim Gaffigan’s book serves as an ode to all things edible
Published 21 Jun, 2015 07:01am
Two young siblings take us on a journey to the land of the Pharaohs
Updated 29 Aug, 2015 03:11pm
Set partly in Karachi, Kim Echlin’s latest novel completes a circle of friendship and the ties that bind it
Published 14 Jun, 2015 07:05am
“My experience is that when one aspect of a place is emphasised, for example the violence in Karachi, there is...
Published 14 Jun, 2015 07:05am
On the poet with a sensibility unmistakably Hafiz-like, highly Persian, who now seems to have been all but forgotten
Published 14 Jun, 2015 07:05am
The unusual and inspiring life of Princess Sophia, deposed Maharajah Duleep Singh’s daughter
Published 14 Jun, 2015 07:05am
The origins and inherent symbolism of the indigenous crafts and architecture of Balochistan are traced by Mohsen Keiany
Published 14 Jun, 2015 07:05am
Krishan Chander’s themes are as relevant today as they were decades ago
Published 14 Jun, 2015 07:05am
The importance of studying any text in its original language, and not relying solely on translations
Updated 29 Aug, 2015 03:14pm
Documenting the history of Tamil cinema, one of the world's largest film industries
Updated 13 Jun, 2015 04:04pm
In his book Samir Chopra expounds on such aspects of cricket that have not been touched upon in detail before.
Published 07 Jun, 2015 11:42am
Sarmad Sehbai's third collection of poetry displays an exuberance that is absent from our daily discourse
Updated 08 Jun, 2015 07:19pm
Dr Tauseef Ahmad Khan's book charts the history of the newspaper industry in South Asia over last two centuries.
Updated 08 Jun, 2015 07:03pm
The Life of a Kashmiri Woman: Dialectic of Resistance and Accomodation
Updated 08 Jun, 2015 06:29pm
Harvard historian Sven Beckert gives readers an insight into the origins of modern capitalism
Updated 08 Jun, 2015 06:12pm
An autobiography collated from Ghalib’s letters and written in the first-person
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
Potential tourism in the areas that lie between Northeast India and Southwest China remains largely unexplored
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
Blending history and storytelling, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s latest offering has kept up with his tradition of producing
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
Romesh Gunesekera, born 1954, left Sri Lanka at the age of 12 for the Philippines. He moved to England in 1972, and...
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
The bewitching world of Urdu literature for children, often missed out on by those for whom it is written
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
A remarkable individual’s ideological odyssey enmeshed with his life’s journey
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
The Jaipur Literature Festival (or simply JLF) at Southbank Centre London is not the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Updated 30 May, 2015 07:56pm
A cuneiform tablet reveals a different version of the Great Flood from the one told in the Bible
Updated 30 May, 2015 05:58pm
Tracing the timeline of translations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous classics.
Updated 02 Jun, 2015 02:16pm
Translated short-stories of Ali Akbar Natiq show why he is considered one of the greatest contemporary writers of form
Updated 29 May, 2015 05:32pm
On the short-story writer and academic Naiyer Masud
Updated 29 Aug, 2015 03:13pm
A road trip that is a voyage of discoveries
Updated 30 May, 2015 08:00pm
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison's eleventh novel explores racism, family, abuse and trauma
Updated 30 May, 2015 08:10pm
The memoirs of Robert L.Grenier, Pakistan's CIA station chief, are fast-paced but not many details are revealed
Published 17 May, 2015 07:13am
Haruki Murakami explores our deepest fears in his recently translated short story
Published 17 May, 2015 07:13am
On the great American poet, “a major voice” among his contemporaries
Updated 17 May, 2015 01:23pm
On writer Syed Insha Allah Khan’s Kahani Rani Ketki aur Audhe Bhan ki and its English translation
Published 17 May, 2015 07:13am
Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago’s first novel looks at the domestic life of the middle-class Portuguese
Published 17 May, 2015 07:13am
Lahore: 101 Tales of a Fabled CityBy Abdul Majid Sheikh The latest collection of writings on the city of Lahore by...
Published 17 May, 2015 07:13am
A serving Guantánamo detainee’s harrowing memoirs reveal details about interrogation, torture and rendition post-9/11
Published 11 May, 2015 07:20am
The author explores the special place of peacocks in Ghalib’s ghazal poetry
Updated 12 May, 2015 01:28pm
Rafia Zakaria explores polygamy, Pakistan’s sociopolitical history and the story of her aunt in her memoirs
Published 11 May, 2015 07:20am
A profile of the feminist and pioneering publisher Urvashi Butalia
Published 11 May, 2015 07:20am
William Gibson depicts a dystopian future in his eleventh novel
Published 11 May, 2015 07:20am
Censorship of the Sri Lankan media by the government has increased over
the decades
Published 11 May, 2015 07:20am
What the compilation of Zulmat-e-Neem Roz tells us about literary history
Published 11 May, 2015 07:20am
A profile of the feminist writer and avant-garde publisher Urvashi Butulia
Updated 11 May, 2015 07:15pm
The ILF may be the smallest and last in the festival line-up, but it was not lacking in substance
Updated 03 May, 2015 11:14am
Multifaceted debates on gender issues took place at the ILF
Published 03 May, 2015 07:33am
Panellists debate where our film industry lost its way, and its shared heritage with Bollywood
Published 03 May, 2015 07:33am
Discussions on politics by pundits and television personalities at the festival By Saba Ijaz
Published 03 May, 2015 07:33am
Pakistani literature veers between a post-Partition identity and a reality fraught with violence
Published 03 May, 2015 07:33am
The ILF featured a diverse range and style of poetry this year
Published 03 May, 2015 07:33am
In his first novel in a decade, Kazuo Ishiguro uses elements of drama and fantasy but his storytelling leaves much ...
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
Tracing the roots and origins of Urdu
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
Could Islamic socialism be the solution to Pakistan’s problems?
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
In Political Order and Political Decay political scientist Francis Fukuyama analyses the rise and fall of the state
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
Ashok Chopra’s memoirs give readers a closer look at the world of Indian publishing
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
Alexander McCall Smith puts a modern twist on an old classic
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
In his latest collection titled Lava Javed Akhtar’s poetry is a victory of art over craft
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
The former CIA director’s memoir chronicles machinations and maneuverings at the centre of power
Published 19 Apr, 2015 07:42am
In a recent book, Rashid’s children talk about the poet’s family life and his involvement in the Khaksar Movement
Updated 26 Apr, 2015 07:27am
In The Colonel Who Would Not Repent, Salil Tripathi writes on Bangladesh’s independence
Published 19 Apr, 2015 07:42am
Megalithic clusters found in Meghalaya, India, reveal a link between the language and history of the Khasi community
Published 19 Apr, 2015 07:42am
By Sameen Amer
Paolo Giordano’s novel explores the psychological toll of combat on a platoon of Italian soldiers
Updated 04 Jul, 2015 08:40pm
Rukmini Devi transformed the world of classical dance in India
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
Syed Rafiq Hussain’s significant contribution to Urdu literature cannot be overlooked despite his brief career
Updated 29 Aug, 2015 03:14pm
Mohsin Hamid’s collection of essays provide insight into the author’s evolving body of work
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
An emerging group of British Pakistani young adult fiction writers are contributing an alternative voice
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
A house that cooks and cleans and a prisoner who doesn’t die form part of Headley and Howard’s collaborative work
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
In The Arch and the Butterfly, a father confronts the meaning of his life in the wake of his son’s death
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
Asghar Nadeem Syed’s latest anthology of poems is thought-provoking and open to interpretation
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
The struggle for hegemony between Sunni and Shia forces, Patrick Cockburn argues, threatens to transform the Middle East
Updated 01 May, 2016 02:46pm
Letters analysed by the writer provide insight into the relationship between the poet and the Nawabs of Rampur
Published 05 Apr, 2015 07:27am
Emma Healey’s prize-winning novel lives up to its hype
Published 05 Apr, 2015 07:27am
A judge finds herself questioning the very basis of her life in Ian McEwan’s latest offering
Published 05 Apr, 2015 07:27am
Three cases in the past decade bring to light the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions regarding environmental rights
Published 05 Apr, 2015 07:27am
A travelogue writer discovers her love for the country’s great literary figures
Published 05 Apr, 2015 07:27am
By Jakob Steiner
Published 29 Mar, 2015 06:47am
On the world’s first written piece of creative literature‘[The Land] Between Two Rivers’, and this is indeed...
Published 29 Mar, 2015 06:47am
Is the hype around Fatima’s Bhutto’s latest work justified?
Updated 30 Mar, 2015 11:48am
Mid-Wicket Tales traces the evolution of Test cricket
Published 29 Mar, 2015 06:47am
Excessive use of pesticides in developing countries has led to health and environmental problems
Published 29 Mar, 2015 06:47am
Hassan Blasim’s short stories capture the grim reality of a conflict-ravaged Iraq
Updated 04 Jul, 2015 08:36pm
The language in the digital world
Published 29 Mar, 2015 06:47am
In his latest work, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi brilliantly spins stories of
18th- and 19th-century Urdu literati
Published 22 Mar, 2015 06:43am
