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[2 Jul 2007 | Comments Off | ]
The ‘Jihad’ Against India

Although written from an Indian perspective, Praveen Swami’s book provides an interesting insight into the Pakistan Army’s strategy of covert warfare.

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[1 Jun 2007 | Comments Off | ]
The Past is Another Country

A talented young Bengali author, Tahmima Anam, re-examines one of the darkest chapters of Pakistan’s history.

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[1 Jun 2007 | Comments Off | ]
Interview: Tahmima Anam

“Writing this novel was a way of trying to belong,” says writer Tahmima Anam.

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[5 May 2007 | Comments Off | ]
Women’s Voices

Women writers get together to discuss how the web of censorship affects women’s voices.

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[4 May 2007 | Comments Off | ]
The Truth Hurts

Western focus of the Middle East crisis has been on the Arab world’s refusal to accept Israel. While maintaining an even hand, Carter’s book shows the other side: Israel’s refusal to give Palestinians basic human rights.

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[2 Apr 2007 | Comments Off | ]
The Self-Absorbed Fundamentalist?

Emile Chabal takes a close look at an original take on the post-9/11 dystopia by one of Pakistan’s most promising young novelists.

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[1 Apr 2007 | Comments Off | ]
Botching up Partition

Stanley Wolpert holds Mountbatten completely responsible for the violence that followed Partition.

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[3 Mar 2007 | Comments Off | ]
Of Mangoes and Generals

You wouldn’t normally associate a comic fable with a Pakistani writer.

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[2 Mar 2007 | Comments Off | ]
Explosing the Faultlines

Zahid Hussain’s Frontline Pakistan offers a candid and comprehensive account of Pakistan’s descent into terror as General Musharraf plunges into the US President’s war on terrorism and ostensibly abandons the ‘holy warriors’ of the Afghan jihad.

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[1 Mar 2007 | Comments Off | ]
The Bold and the Brash

Fame, fortune, love, respect – BM wanted it all. Marjorie Husain’s work captures the art and idiosyncrasies of one of Pakistan’s most tempestuous modern painters.