Illustration by Aqsa Hasan. I see him...
Jeelani Bano (1936–2026) brought a rare breadth of voice to South Asian literature
André Aciman’s Stowaways strips love of its certainties and offers a meditation on regret
A conversation with Mazhar Tirmizi
A new study shows how masculinity can be shaped less by authority than by bureaucracy
Born in Okara, award-winning author Mohammed Hanif has...
Hanif’s reimagining of history opens a doorway to understanding the complexities of our country’s past
Literature remains humanity’s fiercest defence against the colonisation of memory
Tejaswini Apte-Rahm’s biography of her great- grandfather explores how private memory reshapes public history
Lahore’s celebration of Faiz Ahmed Faiz proved livelier and more layered this year than before
