The writer is a Pakistan-born and Austria-based poet in Urdu and English. He teaches South Asian Literature & Culture at Vienna University.
Poetry’s capacity to resist, rupture and protest remains essential to how we understand our world
David Grossman’s description of Gaza as genocide reminds us that literature has a duty to confront violence and resist silence
A personal reflection on a scholar whose quiet influence continues to shape minds
Unravelling the absence of women’s comic voices in literature
Unravelling the absence of women’s comic voices in literature
Deeply penetrating, powerful, thought-provoking: recounting the legacy of Zaitoon Bano, one of Pakistan’s most unique voices
An anthology of poems by women about the discrimination against and oppression of women in South Asia
Despite women playing a significant role in the literary arena, it has mostly been a man’s business
Profile of poet and ghazal writer, Seemab Zafar
The plight of writers in India have gotten worse under the Modi government
