HOW intriguing that at a time when English, with its status as a global language, is swaying South Asian literary minds, one seasoned English fiction writer settled in London has taken a jump in the ...

WHEN the sun peeped out from behind the horizon on August 14, 1947, much to its surprise it was an altogether different landscape in the subcontinent, not only politically but also literarily and ...

KARACHI/ URDU LITERATURE: Urdu literature and history are integral parts of fiction writing, said speakers at the 'Fiction ke Baladtay Qalib' session on the third day of the ninth Aalmi Urdu ...

It’s on a Tuesday evening in January, under a canopy of incandescent bulbs, that I receive my first lesson in Urdu: the difference between alcohol and mirages.I am part of a small mehfil gathered in ...

French author Julien Columeau reads a book in Urdu language at a book store in Lahore, on January 20, 2014 Frenchman Julien Columeau came to Pakistan at the age of 30 as a humanitarian worker – but a ...

In 1857, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, better known by his last name, sought refuge in the art of letter-writing to express the pain and sorrow he had witnessed during the first War of Independence. A ...

Preeto & Other Stories: The Male Gaze In Urdu, edited and introduced by Rakhshanda Jalil, is a rather unexpected collection of translated short stories that offers a variety of approaches to modern ...

After the Dadri lynching, the Urdu writing community has been quite unhappy. Therefore, I decided to return the award. There are some other Urdu writers who also want to join the protest. It is high ...