The author believes all human collectives are oppressive in some ways and uses writing to create tiny fissures of freedom whenever and wherever possible.
Cormac McCarthy’s unyielding journey from poverty to literary stardom illuminates the depths of the human experience
Martin Amis’s is an unforgettable voice that will continue to resonate even in death
Muhammad Saleem Sethi’s translation of Mantiq ul-Tair from Persian into Urdu is both attentive and poetic
To celebrate the bicentennial of Dostoyevsky one needs to think of death – or the execution that almost took place
Lahore has not figured out what kind of modernity it needs. In that aspect, it will continue to increase concrete and reduce greenery
With most things taking a turn for the worse in 2020, the year was apparently not too bad for writers of Pakistani origin
Online teaching is no replacement for the real thing
Silence or solitude, writers often find the late hours to be their best friends
A few of the people who represented significant political and cultural changes taking place in the 21st century in arts, identity, religion and...
Snowden tells the story of his life, the mass surveillance system that he helped build, and the reasons that drove him to try to bring it down
Masood Ashraf Raja provides readers with a deep understanding of the ISIS and its recruitment and self-sustenance strategies
If we look at how the nature of power has changed historically in this society, we can understand academic problems more astutely
Marriage, in liberal humanist thought, is a voluntary contract of cohabitation, love and care between two adults. In a society where individualism...
In peace time, the conversationist, the master of words or the storyteller is the one who commands authority
Modern rationality cannot tolerate difference. It is the most seductive fantasy for those who cannot handle uncertainty
From harrowing sites of atrocities to the sea of glowing water, Cambodia is an arresting country to visit
A third-world capital city, Phnom Penh is without the cacophony of honking horns and with both the sexes comfortably going about their everyday...
The internet is a new iteration of the public sphere and online users have the same legal protections that are available to them offline
Interview of Omar Shahid Hamid
The journey continues… on to Quetta, where in the midst of urban chaos many stereotypes are dispelled
