The writer is a social scientist, translator and book critic based in Lahore.
Aik Aroo, Aik Hazaar Aroo shows how even a children’s tale can carry the weight of a revolution
As writer, poet and critic, Satyapal Anand has left behind a body of work steeped in grief and cultural memory
Abdullah Hussein’s fiction continues to confront exile, alienation and the contradictions of modern life
The film stories by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas exposed the fault lines of glamour, class and creative conscience in post-independence India
Aleem’s posthumous collection holds his lyrical despair, quiet rebellion and longing for recognition
A look at the short-stories of Neelum Ahmad Bashir
Remembering Tahira Mazhar Ali Khan
Writer and poet Saeeda Gazdar passed away on November 7
A birth centenary tribute to a remarkable journalist and writer
The English translation of Ada Jafri’s autobiography in her birth centenary year is timely
How a summer school for translators of South Asian languages was full of revelations
A centenary tribute to Urdu short-story writer and critic Mumtaz Shireen
A brief look at Saghar Siddiqui and his literary journey
Rashad Mahmood, the veteran Marxist writer, has passed away
A record of Dr Manzar’s observations from his four-year stay in Nigeria
Nilofar Iqbal turns seventy-five
A tribute to M Salim-ur Rahman on his 90th birthday
A tribute to Ahmad Bashir on his 101st birthday
Ahmad Salim’s legacy is diverse and extensive
A significant work by a renowned Hindi writer gets a maiden Urdu translation
