Goodbye Asif Farrukhi (1959-2020): Writer, translator, editor, and lover of fine literature

A tribute to one of Pakistan’s most affable literary figures.

Saif Mahmood

· Jun 04, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘Beloved Delhi’: This book explores how Dilli became the city of poets, and of Urdu

From Mir to Ghalib, from Zafar to Zauq, Saif Mahmood tells the stories of the city’s best-loved Urdu poets.

Saif Mahmood

· Sep 12, 2018 · 08:00 am

This book could have told a brilliant story of how India’s secular narrative was changed. It doesn’t

A courageous book in this day and age, if only Neyaz Farooquee’s ‘An Ordinary Man’s Guide to Radicalism’ had fewer clichés about growing up Muslim.

Saif Mahmood

· Mar 17, 2018 · 08:30 am

It is not enough for Muslims to say that terrorists misinterpret Islam. Here is what they must do

While societal and political attitudes towards Muslims need a drastic change, they must stop living in denial.

Saif Mahmood

· Jul 12, 2016 · 08:00 am