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By Syeda Hameed I have just finished watching Imran Khan’s election speech. Bits of it have been played on our channels but it is important to see it as a whole. I

By Madeeha Syed How do you approach a newly published novella when you already know what the story is? Rafina by ShandanaMinhas was originally written in 2004, before oversharing on social media

By Raza Naeem July 26, 2018 marked the 90th birthday of Israr Ahmad (1928-80), known to some by his nom de plume IsrarNarvi, and to many more as Ibne Safi, the famous

By Uddalak Mukherjee I happened to re-read “Kabuliwala” recently. Rabindranath Tagore had written this short story, portraying the seemingly improbable, yet endearing, and ultimately transient bond between the middle-aged Rahamat – a

By Sarwat Ali The relationship between objective reality and artistic output has been a tricky one. Many believe that one-to-one relationship is an ideal— where the current societal affairs are reflected in

By Vir Sanghvi For several months after the BJP won its landslide victory in 2014, the Congress appeared to be in a state of shock. The party had expected to lose —

By F S Aijazuddin As you read this, the results of a pre-cooked breakfast will have been reheated for your consumption. Eat it slowly. You have the next five years to digest

By Dr IkramulHaq Although July 25 was marked with public enthusiasm and excitement, it was also marred by allegations of rigging from the losing parties, the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) usual

By Harbans Mukhia Ask any “historian” doling out the Sangh version of history on TV channels — without any training in history — how did a massive population of the Indian Subcontinent

By S. Akbar Zaidi While Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were fairly confident that they would emerge as the largest party in Wednesday’s elections, they could not have imagined that