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The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Authors of “The Story Game” and “The River, The Town” Discuss Memory, c-PTSD, and the Ethics of Re-Imagining

By Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali | January 13, 2025

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

From Joya Chatterji's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Shadows at Noon”

By Joya Chatterji | September 10, 2024

Imagining Home: On Family, Place and Inheritance in South Asia and North America

Imagining Home: On Family, Place and Inheritance in South Asia and North America

Sadiya Ansari Considers the Impact and Legacy of Displacement After Partition

By Sadiya Ansari | August 14, 2024

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Write More “Indianly,” or Else: Asha Thanki on the Trap of “Authentic” Writing

Considering the Publishing Industry's Problematic Ideas About Non-American Writers

By Asha Thanki | July 10, 2024

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Rafia Zakaria Considers Context, Choices and Consequences Across Eras and Cultures

By Rafia Zakaria | June 24, 2024

A Restoration of Hope: Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore

A Restoration of Hope: Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore

"I may have rescued a bookshop, but I’m pretty sure the bookshop rescued me."

By Maniza Naqvi | March 22, 2024

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When Silence is Heard: Telling the Stories of Women During the Partition of India

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By Melody Razak | August 11, 2022

Understanding Pakistan Through the Story of Karachi

Understanding Pakistan Through the Story of Karachi

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By Samira Shackle | September 3, 2021

Have you met Roshan the Book-Carrying Camel?

Have you met Roshan the Book-Carrying Camel?

By Jonny Diamond | April 27, 2021

Illegal Land Grabs, Class Divides, and the Orderly Chaos of Karachi

Illegal Land Grabs, Class Divides, and the Orderly Chaos of Karachi

Declan Walsh on the Cop Who Held the Pakistani City Together

By Declan Walsh | November 19, 2020

Nationalism, Exclusionary Politics, and the Fate of Kashmir Under Modi's India

Nationalism, Exclusionary Politics, and the Fate of Kashmir Under Modi's India

Fiction/Non/Fiction">Rohini Mohan and Praveen Donthi Talk to V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 16, 2020

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The Toll of Life Under Lock Down

By Mirza Waheed | September 10, 2019

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