Before Salman Rushdie’s 'The Satanic Verses', a 1932 Urdu anthology 'Angarey' had instigated similar angst in India, making the uproar over later banned books pale in comparison considering this was an age innocent of social media.
A lost master of Urdu poetry comes to light, and detracts from Zafar
From the prodigiously bountiful store of Urdu stories comes a collection full of—for the English reader—unread gems and undiscovered authors
The great Qurratulain Hyder could be wonderfully gossipy yet notoriously tetchy. Jameel Akhtar brings out the real person, her world and her creations.
The fascinating world of Akhtar’s fiction opens to the English-reading world with this book
Naqvi’s book has value in advance warning, not in its bilious narrative
She would have lived a rich and meaningful life had she not married Faiz. But being Faiz’s wife brought an extra dimension.
Pulls you in with all the insistence of a dream despite its blurred outlines and disregard for time and space
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