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Muhammad Asim Butt
Muhammad Asim Butt

  • Travelling with a literary giant

    Travelling with a literary giant

    When a journey with Intizar Husain to London takes the form of a book

  • Of symbols and stories

    Of symbols and stories

    Back in the 1970s, Ahmad Javed emerged as one of the best short story writers that the singular symbolist movement in Urdu fiction produced. "We...

  • Two faces of a tradition

    Two faces of a tradition

    With almost similar trends and issues, techniques and styles, the tradition of Indian and Pakistani Urdu short stories are like two sides of the...

  • Mortality in tragedy

    Mortality in tragedy

    Ashfaq Saleem Mirza’s new book Almiyah Ka Safar , is an opportunity for readers of Urdu literature to acquaint themselves with Greek classics....

  • Understanding postmodernism

    Understanding postmodernism

    Postmodernism is the most misconceived and misinterpreted term in the present times. It was coined in the middle of the 20th century in the writings...

  • No way out

    No way out

    In a story Ghussay Ki Nai Fasl, Asad Muhammad Khan tells us about a religious sect called ‘Mardoozy’. The followers of the sect believe...

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