Ian Talbot Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Penguin (2016) Language: English The book contends that under British rule, the city of Lahore continued with its centuries old legacy of connection through trade, movements of people, and ideas beyond its boundaries. Fully … Continue reading →
Amarinder Singh Paperback: 347 pages Publisher: Roli Books (2012) Language: English Ranjit Singh, the iconic Lion of Lahore, is no stranger to these parts. Though illiterate and only capable of putting his name down on a piece of paper, recorded … Continue reading →
Hina Belitz Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Headline Review (2020) Language: English Addy Mayford has always struggled with her identity. Brought up in a household of stories, food and faith by her Irish mother and Pakistani Nana, she feels constantly torn … Continue reading →
Julian Samuel Paperback, 232 pages Publisher: Mercury Pr (2003) Language: English A self-defined Marxist Pakistani-British-Canadian Montrealer, Julian Samuel is an author, film-maker and video producer whose work explores real and imaginary borders, the clash of cultures and issues of identity in … Continue reading →
Louise Brown Paperback, 336 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (2006) Language: English « Excerpts » In The Dancing Girls of Lahore, Lousie Brown, an academic who works and teaches at Birmingham University in England, spends four years living amongst the women who work … Continue reading →
انتظار حسین Hardcover, 107 pages Published: Scheherzade (2009) Language: Urdu انتظار حسین کے بقول ان کے پاس دوسروں کی طرح ہجرت کی مظلومیت کی کوئی ذاتی کہانی نہیں تھی جسے بیان کر کر کے وہ لوگوں کی ہمدردیاں سمیٹ سکتے۔ … Continue reading →
Kamal Azfar Hardcover: 316 pages SAMA Editorial & Publishing Services, Karachi (2013) Language: English US: Amazon What the author describes as a “trilogy consisting of the Transfer of Power, Camelot by the sea, and Asian Drama Revisited,” The Waters of … Continue reading →
Haroon Khalid Hardcover: 304 pages Penguin Books India (2018) Language: English « Excerpts » PK: Liberty Books This is a rare book by a young Pakistani writer that seeks to transcend the political, ideological and religious barriers that the partition of … Continue reading →
Pran Nevile Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Penguin Global (2006) Language: English « Excerpts » PK: Readings I met Pran Nevile for the first and the last time almost a year ago in Lahore, his ancestral city, where he had been invited … Continue reading →
Mohammad Saeed Paperback: 392 pages Publisher: Vanguard (1989) Language: English PK: Paramount Books The Sun had risen fairly high when we reached Amritsar… Every time I visited Amritsar, I felt captivated. But the city this time presented the look of … Continue reading →