An anthology of short stories revolving around women offers a compelling, poignant and inspirational read

Many readers may have heard of a French novel called La Disparition by Georges Perec, written without using the...

A journalist explores everyday life in the four quarters of Old Jerusalem

An account of the men and women who built it from a haphazard group of amateurs into the sprawling behemoth it is today

This motivational business fable was a monster hit. Twenty years later, we’re still wondering why

It is problematic when great poets in any language are not only identified but categorised by their geographical...

Diary of a Vagabond Mustansar Hussain Tarar A collection of travel columns that have been previously published in...

A new book uses oral histories to explore the larger Kashmir conflict through the lens of Azad Kashmiris

Anam Zakaria is a researcher, development professional, educationist, and winner of the KLF-German Peace Prize 2017...

A poem of Faiz Ahmed Faiz that begins with the line [And so we shall witness] has become over the years perhaps ...

Making villages active in governance processes is crucial for national progress, argues a development practitioner

A voracious exploration of femininity, suburban malaise, societal pressures and politics

A polemical new book looks at the rise of the popularly elected dictator around the world

Writing for television can be challenging and lucrative, but there are limits to how deep one can venture into the...

An anthology of translated Urdu short stories by brilliant wordsmiths that is a joy to read

Challenging dominant historiographies of the indigenous feminist movement

One of the year’s biggest #MeToo scandals came in the literary world earlier this year when Pulitzer Prize-winning...

A Young Adult novel that is much more than the usual and tackles issues of religion, culture, mental health and abuse

Driving the plot are dead relatives, strange wills and ominous birds

Professor Shamim Hanafi is a leading Indian Urdu literary critic, poet and playwright. He has penned several books,...