In the vast, sun-baked expanse of Tharparkar, where life has always been a delicate negotiation between man, animal and the whims of the monsoon, a new...
Train journeys are supposed to be adventures, filled with chance encounters, often with strangers, peppered with joyous interludes at stations big and small. But when your...
Jus’ Gistin’ By Imran Sheikh Self-published ISBN: 978-969-23922-1-1 pp. 150 It was about two years ago that I reviewed a book with the intriguing title The...
Insani Huqooq Ka Irtiqa Aur Tasawwur By Tauseef Ahmed Khan and Irfan Aziz Workers Education & Research Organisation (WERO) ISBN: 978-969-7753-09-1 316pp. Behind the flourishing or...
Fever Log and Other Stories By Peerzada Salman Lightstone Publishers ISBN: 978-969-716-336-6 129pp. Peerzada Salman is a fellow lover of beauty. He has a penchant for...
Interviewing him in London many years ago, I asked Daniyal Mueenuddin what he was working on after his acclaimed story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders...
The concept of ‘post-ideology’ often causes profound unease, as it suggests that the era of sweeping political narratives and dogmas is giving way to a more...
Beginnings Laila Rahman’s recent show at Canvas Gallery, ‘Witness’, imaginatively investigates an ancient core of cosmic creations. Etchings and sculptural works in monochromatic black and white...
On a cold, foggy December evening in Islamabad, there was an air of almost palpable anticipation inside the 60-seat auditorium at The Black Hole (TBH), a...
Salima Hashmi — artist, writer, social activist and educator — wears many hats with rare ease, and her influence extends far beyond the canvas. She has...