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	<title>The News International - <![CDATA[Literati]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rewriting the climate story]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1357905-rewriting-the-climate-story]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:02:35 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[S        onia Irum&rsquo;s Environmental Thought in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction: Novels of Uzma Aslam Khan offers a timely and intellectually rigorous intervention in the field of environmental humanities. It seeks to situate Pakistani fiction within global eco-critical discourse. In an era...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reclaiming Punjab's voice in history]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1357903-reclaiming-punjabs-voice-in-history]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:57:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[D        r Turab-ul Hassan Sargana&rsquo;s latest Urdu-language book, Muqaddama-i-Punjab: Tarikh aur Tarikh-Naveesi kay Tanaazur Mein , continues his remarkable intellectual pursuit to restore the Punjab to its rightful place in the historical imagination of South Asia. Much like his earlier...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Poem as a revolt]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356386-poem-as-a-revolt]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:32:13 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[H        afeez Khan, a distinguished author in Seraiki and Urdu, appears to hold the view that literature transcends mere witnessing the contemporary world; it serves as a realm where the grand narrative of the present, past and future is re-enacted, contested and restructured. To assert that...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stories of loss and belonging]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:26:27 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I         met Prem Prakash for the only time in New Delhi in 1998 during the Katha Prize Stories award ceremony. I had co-translated Naiyer Masud&rsquo;s Sheesha Ghat and accepted the invitation to visit India. While I shared a room with a fellow translator from Tamil Nadu, Prem Prakash...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[From mother  to motherland]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354867-from-mother-to-motherland]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:46:48 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A         memoir is like a trial in which the writer is both a prosecutor and an arbiter facing a largely hostile jury of readers. Adjectives seem ineffectual in seizing the body of the memoir. But Arundhati Roy&rsquo;s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me comes full circle, depicting her...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The art of  detachment]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354866-the-art-of-detachment]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:42:58 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[S        ince new editions of her translated works were released a few years ago, Italian novelist, essayist and playwright Natalia Ginzburg has experienced a striking resurgence in the English-speaking world. The renewed interest in Ginzburg&rsquo;s oeuvre has introduced a new generation of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Borrowed identity?]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353551-borrowed-identity]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:15:25 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he English language has been accused of being a language killer and one of the primary sources of linguicide, as noted by Aamir Hasan and Nadeem Hussain in their book, The Identity Reconstruction of Subaltern English Learners: Language, Liberation, Leadership in South Asia. However, this...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Speaking to  the void]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353549-speaking-to-the-void]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:57:30 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I recently had the pleasure of reading Rehman Anwer&rsquo;s Breaking Silences. The first time I saw him was at Kinnaird College for Women, where he had come to speak about his first book, Fundamentals of Sufism.Anwer was born and raised in Lahore. He completed his degree in human rights at...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A castle as a prison]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353547-a-castle-as-a-prison]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:54:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        ariq Aziz Sindhu,a civil servant, has served across the country. Most of the time, professional commitments keep him on his toes. Still, he manages to find time to read books on a host of subjects. His favourite subject seems to be literature, Western as well as Urdu. He also rummages...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A salute to serious literature]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351708-a-salute-to-serious-literature]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:10:32 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[S        ceptics assume that the Swedish Academy relies on confidentiality to bolster its reputation. Fuelled by the spirit of secrecy, the Nobel Committee&rsquo;s decisions are seldom the subject of transparent discussions and often attract baseless speculation. Be that as it may, guesswork...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Iqbal's poetic dialogue with Goethe]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351706-iqbals-poetic-dialogue-with-goethe]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:07:47 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[G        iven the general disdain Iqbal reserves for Western ideals throughout his poetry, one might assume that if he wrote a book in response to a European writer, it would be essentially oppositional. However, this is not true of Payam-i-Mashriq, a collection of Persian poetry by Iqbal,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Between languages and ladders]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1350024-between-languages-and-ladders]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:00:21 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Language as Freedom. &mdash; Images courtesy: Indus Conclave          S        ummer ended on the first weekend of October. The morning was bright, embodying every clich&eacute; made for it, and the weather was cool enough for a walk. This is how I like Lahore: breathable, on my side for once,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Between dream and reality]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1348314-between-dream-and-reality]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:51:35 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[R        eading Han Kang&rsquo;s Korean novel in Urdu is like engaging with the novel&rsquo;s globality. This genre surpasses various boundaries, including ideological ones, and encompasses diverse identities, be they racial, religious, linguistic or cultural. The novel unites humanity through its...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shapes of our present]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1348312-shapes-of-our-present]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:47:41 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[M        any commentators argue that the 21st Century belongs to the novel, pointing to its dominance in publishing, bestseller lists and critical discourse. The novel is often described as a uniquely social form, tracing individual experience within capitalist modernity, as Franco Moretti...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A peach  of a tale]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1346747-a-peach-of-a-tale]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:03:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Shaayad shireen tareen shaftaalv-i-darakht baashiImma barkhi az mardum shaftaalu dost nidarand          I        I first came across the short-lived Iranian writer Samad Behrangi  in Sibte Hasan&rsquo;s classic work on the Iranian Revolution, Inquilab-i-Iran . While describing the suffocating...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A river runs through it]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1346739-a-river-runs-through-it]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:39:02 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        here are books we read and set aside; and then there are books that linger with us. We savour them, for devouring them would not do justice to the story, its simmering plot and its plethora of emotions that echo in the mind long after the final page has been turned. The Covenant of Water...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A nation in focus]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1346732-a-nation-in-focus]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:28:47 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[P        akistan: Beauty and Splendour is a coffee-table book showcasing breathtaking vistas of majestic mountains, diverse landscapes, winding valleys and vast oceans, woven together in a rich interplay of colour and shade.The photographer, Irfan Mirza, inherited his passion for the craft from...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Training for  transformation  ]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1345058-training-for-transformation-kiran]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:56:14 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he intellectual roots of modern management education can be traced to military institutions, where the cultivation of judgment, discipline and decision-making was paramount. In 1801, the Senior Military Department of the Royal Military College was established in Britain, eventually...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The devil in the detail]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1345056-the-devil-in-the-detail]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:52:54 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        bdul Sattar Khan&rsquo;s The Dark Tower of Accountability is a formidable work. The book not only distils the essence of his investigative reporting spanning four decades, but also lays bare the lofty claims made by various people associated with the National Accountability Bureau, the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A poet with  many tongues]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1343359-a-poet-with-many-tongues]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:39:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Kya poochho ho mujh say meri umr ka qissaNau sau bars jiya hoon mein navvay barson mein          O        On Sunday, August 3, news arrived in Lahore that Dr Satyapal Anand had died at the age of 94. Earlier, on July 9, three literary luminaries &ndash; CM Naim in Chicago, Tasnim Manto in Lahore...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Poetry of  resistance and renewal]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1343356-poetry-of-resistance-and-renewal]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:29:01 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n the vast and often turbulent river of South Asian poetry, Mauj-i-Darya by Dr Naveeda Katper flows with both gentleness and force, a rare meeting of personal pain and collective consciousness.This collection is more than a vessel of verses; it is a journey through emotional estuaries,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[An inherited longing]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1343354-an-inherited-longing]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:26:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Posters showing Ghalib&rsquo;s couplets displayed in the doorway of his old house in Ballimaran.- Photos by Shueyb Gandapur          S        hueyb Gandapur has hardly sat still in his life. A chartered accountant by profession, he has been an obsessive traveller. His choice, made early in his...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[In defiance of power]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1341531-in-defiance-of-power]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:33:28 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[J        ulien Benda once wrote that &ldquo;real intellectuals are supposed to risk being burned at the stake, ostracised or crucified. They have to be in a state of almost permanent opposition to the status quo.&rdquo; Such figures are rare but they exist. In Pakistan, Hussain Naqi is one of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A writer's task]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1341530-a-writers-task]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:31:45 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&ldquo;Now I use the word &lsquo;genocide&rsquo;&hellip; with immeasurable pain and a broken heart.&rdquo;&mdash; David Grossman, Israeli author and peace activist           W        When a renowned Israeli writer, one who has spent decades advocating for peace and mutual recognition, publicly...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[“Hali never intended to present his Arabic works as exemplary”]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:40:44 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Speakers of Urdu interested in Arabic literature were delighted when poet and literary scholar Dr Khurshid Rizvi, an expert in Arabic literature, published this year his book on Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali&rsquo;s Arabic poetry and prose. Titled Hali ki Arabi Nazm-o-Nasr, the book offers commentary...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Death of the author]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1340159-death-of-the-author]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:31:05 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        hen Roland Barthes argued against any definitive explanation of a text coming from the author&rsquo;s intentions, he may not have envisioned a future devoid of any definitive author, let alone the meaning elicited through their work. &ldquo;To give a text an author&rdquo; and attribute a...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The evolving contours of Urdu prose]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1337828-the-evolving-contours-of-urdu-prose]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:41:28 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Ikram Ullah is not just a prominent figure in Pakistani Urdu literature but also the gentle glow of its radiant countenance. His work occupies a distinguished place in the literary canon. His vivid prose brings stories to life; endowing them with a persuasive charm. His almost indulgent language...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finding home in memory]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:37:36 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&ldquo;Anthologies, in the broadest sense of collections of independent texts, have always played an important role in preserving and spreading the written word.&rdquo; Ben Grant.I had been looking forward to Homespaces, an anthology of prose and poetry from the Department of English at the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two worlds of poetry]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:35:48 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[M        unir Niazi  is one of the few modern poets whose work is characterised by meaning that emerges through an elusive and often deceptive linguistic structure. Whether in his ghazals or nazms, a careful and nuanced reading reveals a poetic self of great artistic finesse. This self is neither...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The geometry of writing]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:31:55 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[O        n a quiet afternoon, Susan was sitting on her couch when an email arrived: she had been accepted as an intern at an organisation. Less than 24 hours later, she was at her new workplace, meeting colleagues and receiving her first assignment &ndash; a task she had never tackled...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The art of desi storytelling]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Aug 2025 19:07:05 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[B        apsi Sidhwa, born on August 11, 1938, in Karachi and died on December 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas. She always wished to be known and recognised as a Pakistani novelist.In Lahore, she lived in Mozang, Main Market Gulberg and on Munir Road in the Lahore Cantonment. She was a true Lahori...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A binge-worthy campus drama]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Aug 2025 19:04:11 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        hat happens when student politics, forbidden friendships and a meddling professor collide at an elite Pakistani business school? Nadya Chishty-Mujahid&rsquo;s Perennial College Tales serves up 24 sharp, witty stories that read like episodes from your next binge-worthy campus drama.If you...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tales from a fractured world]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Aug 2025 19:01:06 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Is good art supposed to upset you?Susan Sontag seemed to think so. In her essay, Against Interpretation, she wrote, &ldquo;Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.&rdquo; Our own Manto famously remarked that if people cannot bear his stories, it is because we live in unbearable times.Perhaps,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[In the company of Khwaja Sahab]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:46:56 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        t was the early 1980s. On the very first day of our MA Urdu programme at Oriental College, Lahore, he stepped up to the rostrum. There was no hesitation and no dramatic flourish, only a composed presence and an air of quiet self-assurance. He began by introducing himself and outlining the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A poet of the heart and soul]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:41:13 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[N        avtej Bharti&rsquo;s 290-page poetry collection Mitti, written in the Shahmukhi script, was published some time ago but has remained largely overlooked. This article is an attempt to introduce him as one of the most vital, post-modern, voices in contemporary Punjabi poetry.For the past...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A chronicler of weary generations]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:23:15 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        bdullah Hussein, born Muhammad Khan on August 14, 1931, in Rawalpindi, was one of Pakistan&rsquo;s most influential modern novelists. He completed his matriculation from Islamia High School, Gujrat, in 1946, followed by an FSc in 1949 and a BA from Zamindar College, Gujrat, in 1952.His...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saying more by saying less]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:18:38 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Tarik Malik          A        kmalShahzadGhumman&rsquo;s latest short story collection PinjraywichAahlna is a gift to the readers, and not only in the metaphorical sense. Made available online in PDF format, the book offers welcome access to those who may not have been able to find a physical...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[An insider account]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:16:43 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[F        Farhatullah Babar&rsquo;s The Zardari Presidency: Now It Must Be Told is an account of his time as spokesperson to President Asif Zardari during his first term . It includes eyewitness testimony as well as the author&rsquo;s insights on the tug of war between the mighty establishment,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Poetry without borders]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:13:53 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        ranslation is arguably one of the most demanding forms of writing. When it comes to poetry, it requires not only technical skill and a strong command of language but also emotional sensitivity and an appreciation of poetic rhythm and nuance.Mir Mansoor&rsquo;s debut publication, Song of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Barabanki to Berkeley and beyond]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:12:12 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        Those who are interested in Naim sahib&rsquo;s biographical details can read many of the obituaries floating around the internet, including a wonderful page dedicated to him on Prof Frances Pritchett&rsquo;s website or the one maintained by himself. Of course, there&rsquo;s a Wikipedia...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rethinking  a literary giant]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:41:14 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        t is difficult to trace the intellectual history of the Indian subcontinent without an understanding of Arabic and Persian literature. Prior to Partition, literary production in Urdu, whether original or adapted, was inextricably shaped by these two classical languages. One reason may be...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A light from the margins]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:40:07 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A         decade ago, I read a tweet by a woman in England who was planning to read the entire Booker Prize shortlist with her book club. This seemed a massive undertaking even for an individual, let alone with a group of people, especially when book clubs are usually teeming with people who...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recovering lost self]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:39:29 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he title of this book, Towards the Pebbled Shore, is borrowed from a Shakespearean sonnet that explores the destructive nature of time and the fragility of human existence. The phrase provides a powerful metaphor for the swift and inevitable progression of life towards its final...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lost in translation]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:36:48 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[H        aruki Murakami&rsquo;s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a profound exploration of identity, memory and isolation, intricately weaving the mundane intricacies of everyday life with surreal, dream-like experiences. At its core, the novel follows the protagonist, Toru Okada, as he navigates the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Where the  heart writes first]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:30:49 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        In The Tides of Emotion, Daima Hussain charts a poetic journey through faith, fear, love and identity, a tide that carries both the scent of matar chawal  and the shadow of a crow&rsquo;s wing. The debut collection is divided into six thematic sections. Each pulls the reader deeper into...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Between desire and duty]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:28:46 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Y        ounus Hussain is widely regarded as one of the foremost short story writers in the Balochi language. He is known for enriching the landscape of regional fiction with compelling narratives and literary depth. His stories, including Not Chaste as Mahnaz; The Armless Scarecrow; Plastic...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Uprooted from Ludhiana]]></title>
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                				<![CDATA[F        Few events in South Asian history have left as deep and enduring a scar as the Partition of the Punjab in 1947. The division tore through families, uprooted entire communities and redrew not just political borders but also the emotional maps for millions. For many caught in the storm...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The mirror effect — II]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:13:15 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&ldquo;N        ot ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.&rdquo;  &ndash;  Alfred North WhiteheadIn the previous essay we explored the factors contributing to the growth of ignorance in Pakistan and examined how this shapes our perspectives. We focused particularly on the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[In their own words]]></title>
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                				<![CDATA[A         Dialogue with History, a collection of 39 interviews by Zahid Hussain with national and international leaders and social scientists, casts a spell on the readers, especially those keen to uncover historical facts buried beneath perspectives rarely accessible to the public.This...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The war of words]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:47:46 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n his foreword to the 2022 edition of Shan-ul Haq Haqqee&rsquo;s dictionary, Farhang-e-Talaffuz, linguist and lexicographer Dr Rauf Parekh rightly stated that once a language adopts a foreign word, the new word becomes its own and that word&rsquo;s grammatical relations and semantic...]]>
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