The author believes all human collectives are oppressive in some ways and uses writing to create tiny fissures of freedom whenever and wherever possible.
Originality is a tricky concept and it has become as oppressive as capitalism after getting transformed into something resembling property
The book, ‘Before Night Falls’, is a testimonial to the resilience of human beings while facing implacable forces of history
In translating Kundera’s Immortality into Urdu, Arshad Waheed has made a serious attempt to introduce a modern global sensibility to the Urdu reader
A pleasant antidote to hundreds of books being churned out for the creative writing courses taught at sanitised places
The life story of Madho Lal Hussain transformed into a gripping contemporary tale
A debut book of poems that hint at an inner landscape observed with a Proustian single-mindedness and expressed through some beautiful, often...
Both Ali Akbar Natiq and Ali Madeeh Hashmi deserve accolades for this fine example of creativity, consistency, and a unique collaborative vision
The difference between the treatment of the Jewish population and the Roma population speaks volumes about the selective nature of the European...
Why is the rise in this love for free speech only linked to the right to offend minorities in Europe? Can the offended minorities also have the...
If a society is as evil as its most vile criminals, how can it claim to have the right to punish them?
An extremely valuable book for those who want to learn how two greatest technological minds of the 21st century think about power
If as a writer you have reached a point where you know you will go mad if you don't put your thoughts on paper, here is a guide for how to publish...
The monologue of dharna and its disdain for political processes will be deadening for our collective political lives
Oscar Wilde blames only himself for letting himself be degraded and for succumbing to the excesses that led to his tragedy
Mainstream media does not appear to have the will to show the complexity of the Palestinian situation
An engaging story of civilisational hubris contributing to human successes and failures
The story is about a marriage: a cheating husband and an academic wife and their quirky daughter. But the book never becomes chick lit or Oprahfied....
How can one write about Marquez’s life and work in an objective manner? The sheer scale, the reach, the reputation, and the impact of his work...
It is difficult to decide which facts of an author’s life are relevant to a book review. A lot of reviewers have already made a big deal of...
Financially independent writers are a recent phenomenon in world history. As a group, their independence is the result of the way the printing press...
