Risky Routes and Rootless People

A dhaba on a desolate crossroad in Gujarat is the place this young Muslim boy, parents gone adrift in the

Bharati Mukherjee : The American Dreamer

‘The experience of cutting myself off from a biological homeland and settling in an adopted homeland that

Karachi Dreams

a metropolis vast in size and tiny in the scope of its productivity

Novellete

Roshanara Begum in Lahore Karachi ISLAAMABAD

So you think I can tempt a nun

The 20 best local pop albums … ever!

The production and creative qualities of VS:2 have helped it to sound as modern as anything done with the help

Poetry

London Targeted: Numbers Game

today’s mourning
in the wake of
yesterday’s jubilation
and the futility of
fragmenting one
into us and them

Jaane kahan gaye voh din!

But a new generation of the young and restless cine fans had replaced the old generation and they had neither

Short Story

Basement

Don’t know where you came from and where you went afterwards. I only knew that my house was in your

Poetry

Unnoticed Invisibility

I am nothing more than a plain woman.
The one sitting next to you, that you never notice

Narrative

Second Letter to Uncle Sam

It is possible that women’s legs out here may be better than legs in your country but, uncle, no one

Poetry

Phoenix, Unqua, and Huma.

A whirling twirling in a trance
the three bagan to dance and prance

Ismat Chughtai’s Autobiography -- A Transalation

Let her, said my father

Satire

The Allahabad I Knew

A customer was looking for Jacques Derrida’s works. He and the owner lamented Derrida’s death before launching into a passionate

Translation

Allama Iqbal and His Women

When we study the psychological aspect of Iqbal’s life, we find out that despite having a sensitive heart and a

What is Wrong with Shahrukh Khan?

As an old time film-addict, I fear that the problem begins with the new Shah Rukh Khan image that we

Aurangzeb The Nude

Religions, Violence, Justice