Opinion: By failing to celebrate the work of its living authors, Pakistan is failing all of society

Two authors received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz prize posthumously: Fahmida Riaz and Ibn e Safi.

Asif Farrukhi

· Sep 15, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Daisy Rockwell’s translation of ‘Zameen’, Khadija Mastur’s neglected masterpiece, gives it new life

Published in the 1980s, the novel tells the story of a woman caught in the upheaval of the Partition.

Asif Farrukhi

· Aug 31, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘Cosmopolitan Dreams’: A vital book charts Urdu’s journey from newsprint to novel

From Ratan Nath Sarshar’s ‘Oudh Akhbar’ to his picaresque ‘Fasana-i-Azad’, Jennifer Dubrow’s book sheds much-needed light on a popular culture phenomenon.

Asif Farrukhi

· Apr 18, 2019 · 05:30 pm

A man is missing because he cannot engage with his daily life. A novel is written about him.

Manzoor Ahtesham’s ‘The Tale Of The Missing Man’ is a novel in translation that needs an Indian readership.

Asif Farrukhi

· Jan 14, 2019 · 08:30 am

How the shadow of the battle of Karbala has shaped Urdu literature

Events that took place on a far-off battlefield exactly 1,337 years ago have exerted a defining influence on Urdu literary tradition.

Asif Farrukhi

· Oct 23, 2017 · 10:30 pm