NON-FICTION: THE FALL OF LANGUAGE A fascinating book looks at our relationship to language, especially language rooted in far-away soils... Updated 06 Mar, 2022 12:27pm
NON-FICTION: BEING ALONE WITH ONESELF A Buddhist monk explores the nature of solitude and why it is essential to preserving our fundamental humanity... Updated 13 Nov, 2020 11:54am
NON-FICTION: ‘ WHO ARE YOU?’ A book challenges our understanding of how people identified themselves before the advent of nation-states... Published 19 Jul, 2020 06:46am
NON-FICTION: THE LAST EULOGY Litterateur Harold Bloom’s last book is a gift that his admirers and critics will relate to with equal respect... Updated 02 Feb, 2020 08:04am
NON-FICTION: ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS An insightful writer contemplates knowledge that cultivates wisdom, as opposed to the mere accumulation of information Published 29 Sep, 2019 07:09am
NON-FICTION: FOOD FOR THOUGHT An Iranian philosopher ponders about existence and the difference between thinking and philosophy, among other things Published 26 May, 2019 06:15am
NON-FICTION: THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND A stimulating finale to a trilogy on humans past, present and future meditates on what it means to be human in the age Published 24 Feb, 2019 09:17am
FICTION: THE BIG SLEEP In a new novel, a young woman attempts to sleep away an entire year to get over her existential ennui Published 21 Oct, 2018 08:34am
NON-FICTION: ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER Humorous vignettes about a tyrannical and uninformed mother’s impact on a family Published 19 Aug, 2018 07:21am
NON-FICTION: THE WORD AS TRANSFORMATION Martin Puchner’s painstakingly researched book examines the role of literature in shaping the world around us Published 22 Jul, 2018 07:59am
FICTION: URDU’S GLITTERING CONSTELLATIONS Despite some omissions, Muhammad Umar Memon’s new anthology of translations provides an exemplary introduction Updated 12 Feb, 2018 11:20am
NON-FICTION: A THOUSAND AND ONE VOICES Alif Laila wa Laila was a collaborative effort, enlivened as much by its European and Indian translators as its original Published 03 Dec, 2017 07:08am
FICTION: CHRONICLES OF DEATHS FORETOLD Short stories from the Frenchman writing in Urdu explore literary truths about famous Pakistanis Published 17 Sep, 2017 07:01am
NON-FICTION: AGAINST THE RELIGION OF MEN An eye-opening memoir of a woman who took on the patriarchy to secure the rights of her country’s people Published 16 Jul, 2017 07:38am
FICTION: INHERITED STORIES A collection of tales handed down from one generation to the next depicts the timelessness of the human experience Published 11 Jun, 2017 07:03am
