Book Reviews

An extract from The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed...

A Reading List for 2025: Politics of the Personal

This year, Pakistani writers have done something extraordinary: they’ve taken familiar terrains politics, memory, gender,...

Arundhati Roy Memoir Excerpt Released Amid Book Ban

Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy releases her first memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me. It is an unflinching account...

Book Review: On My Way, Mahvish Ahmed Finds Home and Herself Abroad

In her beautifully written memoir On My Way, economics lecturer turned content creator Mahvish Ahmed invites readers into...

Why you need to read Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed

Jamila Ahmed, a Pakistani-American writer and lawyer, turns a familiar story into her debut novel Every Rising Sun (2023), adding a unique political spin to the world of One Thousand and One Nights. Reimagining Shaherazade within an early Islamic imperial court, Ahmed places storytelling at the centre of power, where

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Zareen’s Pakistani Kitchen Captures What Home Means

I read Zareen’s Pakistani Kitchen: Recipes from a Well-Fed Childhood cover to cover—not just as a cookbook but as a story, one that felt deeply personal. It made me think of my sister, who lives in Chicago and often visits Pakistani restaurants there, searching for a connection to home through food....

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Listen to Peer e Kamil Novel

Salaar Sikandar, a genius with an outstanding I.Q who has complicated queries about life and Imama Hashim, an ordinary girl with a stable family. Both are poles apart in terms of spiritual awakening. Destiny maneuvers their lives to cross each other’s paths, until Salaar falls in love with Imama after...