The writer is a social scientist, translator and book critic based in Lahore.
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