Moving beyond Bollywood, this ambitious collection reveals cinemas negotiating nation, gender, caste and capital

What does colonial power do to the subject, and why does it continue to do so, long after the empire’s formal demise?

What once belonged to cafés, classrooms, and literary clubs now unfolds on WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube

Urdu poetry has always lived through the human voice. Its power lies not just in what is said, but in how it sounds

Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra blended intellect, humility, and compassion in an age of noise

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