PAKISTAN CINEMA 1947-1997 SECOND EDITION BY MUSHTAQ GAZDAR — first published in 1997 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of Pakistan, the book features a review of films before Partition, plots of great cinema classics, trivia, and cinema lore. It contains anecdotes and reminiscences about the people who shaped the entertainment industry, as well as interviews with directors and producers. In this second edition, I. A. Rehman, Haris Gazdar, and Aisha Gazdar provide their analysis of the two decades since, marking seventy years of the country’s film industry.
SINDHI ADAB: AIK MUKHTASIR TARIKH BY ATTIYA DAWOOD — shortlisted for the Karachi Literature Festival-Infaq Foundation Urdu Literature Prize, this book covers the history of Sindhi literature and the changes that have occurred in the field during the last seventy years starting with a summary of Sindhi literature before Partition. The author covers all genres of Sindhi literature including short stories, poetry, travelogues etc. The book analyses contemporary literary topics, tendencies, and trends, as well as literature influenced by political and social affairs. It thus covers not only Sindhi language and literature but also the history of Pakistani literature.
KOHINOOR: THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST INFAMOUS DIAMOND BY WILLIAM DALRYMPLE & ANITA ANAND — the Kohinoor is the world’s most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian, and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemmologists to reconstruct its original form, the authors blow away the legends to reveal its true history. Kohinoor is a tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation.
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