Francesca Orsini’s deportation from India exposes a nation’s growing fear of dialogue

Humans crave order & meaning in face of chaos. Waiting for a saviour turns hope into a tool of control

The anthology captures the evolution of Pakistani English literature, & its reckoning with identity & reinvention

‘Operation Sindoor’ echoes Indian nationalism’s trope of the motherland as a chaste body needing protection

Some of our writers view them as powerful tools for storytelling, while others believe they should be used sparingly

Beyond the romance and poetry, literature is no freer from manoeuvring and conspiracies than politics

A new online dictionary opens up possibilities for enhancing Urdu vocabulary and understanding

The Covid-19 pandemic provides us a catalyst to appreciate human helplessness

Places such as Cafe Central in Austrian capital and Pak Tea House in Lahore share much

Kulliat is by definition a posthumous body of works but now you can have one when you are still alive