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INTERVIEW: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
In an increasingly globalised and interconnected world, the ability to understand other people speaking different...
FICTION: BETWEEN THE LINES
The 10 short tales in Asghar Nadeem Syed’s collection reek of resistance literature which has its own meaning in today’s
COLUMN: YOUSUFI THE NOVELIST
Having lived to a ripe old age, Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi departed from this mortal world a few weeks ago. His death has...
NON-FICTION: CHARTED TERRITORIES
Exploring the loss of Karachi’s final frontiers to urban development
FICTION: THE SONG OF FIFTY-SIX KNIVES
A tribute to an exceptional doyenne of Eastern classical music
QUICKFIRE: ‘ABOUT ELEVEN’ QUESTIONS WITH SARMAD SEHBAI
Sarmad Sehbai is renowned for his telefilm Fankaar Gali and stage play The Dark Room, but has also published four...
NARRATIVE ARC: CONTEXTUALISING SECULARISM IN PAKISTAN
In religious societies such as ours, a constant tension is observed between the afterlife and the here and now....
FICTION: BARACK HOLMES AND DR BIDEN
The former American president and his right-hand man are the stars of a goofy crime caper
BOOKS IN BRIEF
Khoobsoorat Nazar Aaee Farooq Adil As a journalist and newspaper editor, the author possesses a strong awareness of
ALEXI PICKS
THE PAST, THE PRESENT
Lately we’ve been thinking about the enduring power of ancient myths — how it truly could...
NON-FICTION: WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
Reading Steven Pinker’s new tome is best done with a handful of salt
NON-FICTION: DEALING WITH SECESSIONISTS
A political scientist theorises why some secessionist movements lead to brutal state repression and others not
ODE TO IDLENESS
Do you do calf stretches while you are brushing your teeth? Listen to a podcast if you take a 10-minute walk? Scroll...
FICTION: MIRACLES AND MADNESS
Short stories that offer brilliant commentaries on the individual and communal psychology of our people, always
FICTION: UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, RELIABLE THRILLER
A debut novel written pseudonymously, is a highly entertaining psychological page-turner
NON-FICTION: GETTING BACK AT DONALD
The former FBI director reserves his choicest hits for the US president — but they only come after one ploughs through
NARRATIVE ARC: FACT, FICTION AND CONSENT
The French poet, essayist and thinker Paul Valery (1871-1945) captured his readers’ imagination like few would....
IN MEMORIAM: THE ERA OF YOUSUFI
The passing away of Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi on June 20 seemed to signal a cultural loss and the decline of a tradition of
NON-FICTION: DECONSTRUCTING KARGIL
Nasim Zehra’s book on the events surrounding the infamous Pakistan-India conflict and the subsequent military coup
COLUMN: MEMON’S LOGIC OF CAPRICE
A young boy plays around in the narrow corridors of a dilapidated house dimly lit by kerosene lanterns casting long...
NON-FICTION: INDIA’S ‘OTHERED’ CHILDREN
A writer traces the century-long struggles of her Dalit family in the largest democracy in the world