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Books
Review: The Making of a ‘Pakistani Soldier’
Dr. Maria Rashid’s book 'Dying to Serve' provides a social lens to understand the layered complexities of the Pakistan army’s relation with the families of deceased soldiers.
Review: Understanding the Politics of Memory, Resistance and Collective Amnesia
Yoko Ogawa's 'The Memory Police' imagines a world where memories are policed, targeted, altered and erased to suit the regime.
Review: A Memoir From Kashmir Bracketed by Death
'Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir' evocatively takes readers into the heart of Kashmir during the violence-torn '90s.
Israeli Author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Tackles Racism in New Novel
After examining the #MeToo movement, the renowned Israeli novelist again addresses the big issues of the time: antisemitism and #BlackLivesMatter.
The Burden of Urdu Must Be Shared
The pseudo-representation of Urdu in popular culture is more harmful than erasure itself. The very romanticisation of Urdu has become its anathema.
On Meena Kandasamy’s ‘When I Hit You’, Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence
The process of falling in love, fighting for love, and the final culmination of love into marriage is well-documented. But what we forget is that is not the end of …