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[13 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | Hardnews]
A Book Like Alice

A review of Our Lady Of Alice Bhatti in India concurs with it’s author that there is nothing anthropological about Alice.

Arts & Culture, Books, People, Q & A »

[9 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | Amna R. Ali]
Interview: Shobhaa Dé

“The glam girl thing is something that has always been levelled against me.”

Arts & Culture, Books, Society, Sports »

[7 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | Semra Jalil]
On New Turf: Aisam-ul-Haq’s Book Launch

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi launches his first book Lessons Learnt from the Tennis Tour.

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[6 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | Amna R. Ali and Zehra Nabi]
Literati by the Sea: A Look Back at the 3rd Karachi Literature Festival

The Karachi Literature Festival has evolved into an internationally recognised forum to increase awarness of all forms of writing from Pakistan and beyond.

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[29 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Nudrat Kamal]
Book Review: Electoral Malpractices

Iffat Humayun’s book sheds much needed light on Pakistan’s electoral process and, more specifically, the malpractices of the key players in previous elections.

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[28 Feb 2012 | One Comment | Javed Jabbar]
Book Review: Instant City

Steve Inskeep’s Instant City is a very readable book about a very unreadable city, Karachi.

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[22 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Tariq Rahman]
Book Review: The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia

A compendium of research, edited by Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed, investigates the increasing role of religion in the politics of South and South East Asia and the results of the yawning divide between the modern elites and the masses.

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[18 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Saman Shamsie]
Book Review: Anatomy of Disappearance

Libyan author Hisham Matar’s absorbing second novel speaks across cultures, delineating universal themes of love and loss, in a setting alive with political dissidence and revolution.

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[17 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Amna R. Ali]
Video: Author Ayesha Salman Talks About Her Debut Novel

Ayesha Salman describes her debut novel, Blue Dust, an emotional story that follows three generations of a family in Pakistan and the Middle East.

Arts & Culture, Books, Opinion »

[10 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Amna R. Ali]
The Art of Survival

As writers from several countries make their way to the 3rd Karachi Literature Festival this weekend, questions about life in Pakistan are probably foremost in their minds. Here is what some Pakistani writers had to say about how to survive in Pakistan in 2012.