NON-FICTION: POWER, POLITICS, PARTY AND PAKISTAN Owen Bennett-Jones’s remarkable latest book is not simply about one dynasty. It is a history of Pakistan from its birth until... Published 20 Dec, 2020 06:59am
NON-FICTION: EUROPE'S CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS An engaging, eye-opening and meticulously researched book on architecture and politics lays bare how some of Europ... Published 25 Oct, 2020 07:09am
FICTION: THE APOCALYPSE THEN, AND NOW Amazing similarities between London of 1665 and New York City of 2020 are evidenced in Daniel Defoe’s classic book documenting... Updated 31 Jul, 2020 07:30am
FICTION: ISMAT'S POLITICAL ALLEGORY A superb English translation of Ismat Chughtai’s take on India’s Emergency in 1975, which is as prescient now... Published 01 Mar, 2020 07:05am
ESSAY: THE ‘WHITE MUTINY’ The 1884 satirical play The Ilbert Bill is a classic and, like all classics, it is speaks to us even today Updated 16 Sep, 2019 11:23am
ESSAY: CHUGHTAI’S TIMELESS, TIMELY VAMPIRE Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai’s 1932 novel came to life in the United States 86 years later Published 07 Apr, 2019 07:15am
ESSAY: MISUNDERSTANDING LIHAAF The poster of a recent film adaptation of Ismat Chughtai’s famed short story indicates that it may yet again be Published 07 Oct, 2018 07:00am
ESSAY: THE FIRST FEMINIST URDU WRITER Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai’s granddaughter argues that her grandfather was much more than a stellar humourist Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:40am
