Mehvash Amin Ajea Zahid, a successful young painter, explains the constructs of her artistic universe. Zahid is a graduate from the...

Ashok Ferrey, one of Sri Lanka’s best-known authors writing in English, is known for his sharp wit, satirical voice, and deeply human characters. His works include Colpetty People, Serendipity, The Good Little Ceylonese Girl, The Ceaseless Chatter of Demons, and several others, including The Unmarriageable Man, for which he won the Gratiaen Prize, the most coveted prize awarded for Sri Lankan writing in English.

Nasir Kazmi An enigmatic poem by Nasir Kazmi, with a translation and note by Fulbright scholar Sobhia Kamal. This poem might be about...

The first thing of note about Umber Khairi’s Akbar’s book Akbar in Wonderland is how little has changed regarding the role of the ‘establishment’ since almost thirty years ago, the time in which her novel is set.

An eight-year old finds refuge to be his truest self in a bathroom; but will the illusion last?

In memory of Khwaja Shahid Hosain: poet, antiquarian bookseller and public servant.

The gull saw the husband explaining why he didn’t know how to change a tire. He had told his wife on their first date seven years ago that he knew how to change a tire. He crowed about it over linguine at Nino’s Bistro. Somehow, in all those years, neither he nor his wife had ever gotten a flat tire. Now, they were on their way to her mother’s house for a holiday dinner, and the passenger’s side tire was a goner.

The author talks about his act of defiance in front an audience after being bullied as a ‘Paki’ at school in England.

Our Managing Editor on visual artist Khadim Ali’s solo show at COMO Museum (Lahore), curated by Zahra Khan of Art Divvy Foundation.