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Truth in a sea of lies

Umber Khairi’s debut novel offers a sobering reflection on the failures of democracy in Pakistan

By Kamal Siddiqi

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May 04, 2025

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Rewriting the climate story
Reclaiming Punjab’s voice in history
A grounded return
Poem as a revolt
Stories of loss and belonging
The silent toll of solving crime
Eulogising them
From mother to motherland
The art of detachment
When television toppled a trade deal
A Foucauldian nightmare
Borrowed identity?
Speaking to the void
A castle as a prison
A salute to serious literature
Iqbal’s poetic dialogue with Goethe
When trouble brews
T for threat, T for time
Between languages and ladders
Between dream and reality