If you find a girl, don’t make her yours— she won’t get your obscure literary allusions, so why not give up on poets who cut lines in search of heads, top quite gone? You can turn any word into…
‘Lit Talk’ by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan
Author: New Asian Writing
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‘Speak’ by Angela Gabrielle Fabunan
1 I saw the reflection of you in my morning cup looking like me. Oh Narcissus, our love of peering at ourselves is only an illusion. Do not be afraid of the edges nor the ripples in the water, it…
Inflection (Book Excerpt) by Nilesh Shrivastava & Pushp Deep Gupta
Real careers are not perfect. Professional success is not absolute. People shape careers and then over time, careers shape people. Feb 1999. The batch of 1999 steps out from one of India’s leading business schools—Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata—into the…
Book Review: Tropical Detective: A Hari Majestic Mystery by Zac O’ Yeah
Book Name: Tropical Detective: A Hari Majestic Mystery Author: Zac O’Yeah Genre: Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: Part of the Hari Majestic series, in Tropical Detective Hari grows up, gets serious and travels to Sweden in his first ever…
Do We Not Bleed (Book Review) by Mehr Tarar
Do We Not Bleed (Book Review) by Mehr Tarar Book Name: Do We Not Bleed Author: Mehr Tarar Publisher: Aleph Rating: 3.7/5 Blurb: Do We Not Bleed? Reflections of a 21st-Century Pakistani is a passionate, illuminating book about contemporary Pakistan. Comprising…
‘Liwat’ by Imran Khan
You strung them up together, A constellation of sin, Black suns, primitive blurs, counterparts to our purity, As if humanity turns inside Out by a type of love you won’t accept. You can’t Repress this urge for beauty killed. It’s…
Book Review: Why I Killed the Mahatma by Koenraad Elst
Book Name: Why I Killed the Mahatma Author: Koenraad Elst Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4/5 Book Blurb: It is common knowledge that Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead in 1948 by a Hindu militant, shortly after India had both gained her independence and lost…
Born To Be Hanged (Book Excerpt) by Syeda Hameed
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General Zia-ul-Haq and executed in 1979. Zia-ul-Haq ruled over Pakistan for eleven…
Born To Be Hanged (Book Review) by Syeda Hameed
Book Name: Born To Be Hanged Author: Syeda Hameed Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army…
Do We Not Bleed? (Book Excerpt) by Mehr Tarar
Mehr Tarar, a freelance columnist, is the former op-ed editor of Daily Times, a leading English daily. Tarar has one son, Musa, eighteen, whom she considers her inspiration for everything she does. She lives in Lahore. Do We Not Bleed?…
Home At Last (Book Review) by Sarada Chiruvolu
Book Name: Home At Last Author: Sarada Chiruvolu Publisher: Amaryllis Press Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Home at Last explains specific landmarks that we encounter during the journey toward enlightenment, based on the author’s direct experience. The book also lets readers…
Buddha of the Brothel (Book Review) by Kris Advaya
Book Name: Buddha of the Brothel Author: Kris Advaya Publisher: Fingerprint Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: When Kris made a trip to India to study Ayurvedic massage, he never thought he would find love, adventure, and heartbreak. Traumatised by the loss of his friend…