Literature is political but it cannot always be used to serve narrow ends
This year’s Islamabad Literature Festival seemed to have an optimistic slant
The forgotten journeys chronicled by forty-five diverse Muslim women spanning the late Seventeenth Century to the mid-Twentieth
For good art a delicate balance between didacticism and imagination is essential
A quick, engaging read about life as lived and experienced by the author
Jamile Naqi’s ode to Lahore and Lahoris
AR Dad’s new anthology of short stories is surreal and full of magic
Aisha Sarwari’s memoir weaves a raw tale encompassing themes of grief
A significant work by a renowned Hindi writer gets a maiden Urdu translation
With Naima Rashid’s English translation, Ali Akbar Natiq’s Naulakhi Kothi is now available to a broader readership
