Women and tales of horrible murders on September 2, 2022Mystery files, classified files, detective novels and movies adapted from these have always been a source of pleasure and satisfaction because of the fulfilment of curiosity that these genres or multiple forms of literature render to their readers and audience All of us are born with a curious nature to solve mysterious and complicated issues […]
Literature — the Vox Populi on August 11, 2022Literature makes the culture and civilisation by giving and making beautiful statements about the issues and problems, beauty, culture and society. The modern ages seemingly developed a tendency for literature to be no longer needed because of the available video and audio stories. Thus, people began to be deprived of these beautiful statements after these […]
Thinner than skin — a strong tale on unfulfillment in love on August 3, 2022“Thinner than Skin” is the latest novel by Uzma Aslam Khan, wherein she writes the fictional narrative by using three individually complete strains yet integrative within as well. Although the story begins in the USA, it swiftly moves towards Pakistan and keeps the readers engaged with the mountains, lakes, flora and fauna, and ice-covered white […]
Social Media Revolution on July 28, 2022The nations that resist revolutionizing changes and do not attempt to synchronize with the world are forced to accept, adopt, and take up revolutions willy-nilly from the outside world. The glaring example is that of the internet and online revolution, fueled by the fury of the sprawling prevalence of cell phones and mobile technology and […]
Powindas and postcolonial borders on July 21, 2022Colonial and decolonial processes caused several changes in the physical and geographical boundaries. The borders that were physically non-extent were created and many were dissolved during the whole process. It had its repercussions on the lives of the affected people. It was instrumental in creating socio-political and cultural barriers for some; for others, it created […]
Alice in the Land of the Pure on July 4, 2022Alice in Wonderland portrayed Alice unusually discovering life and so, became the image of every young girl who wanted to see this world in the light of love, beauty, and awesomeness. Alice in the novel ‘Our Lady of Alice Bhatti’ by Mohammad Hanif also looked at Pakistan and its people with the same love, beauty, […]
Decolonising Higher Education on June 25, 2022Western and American universities claim that if any person graduates from their universities, generally, he would be morally a good person prone to law-abiding and upholding of truth. The same has been the expectations from the graduates of the Pakistani universities because, after all, the universities have a universal agenda of producing graduates skilled in […]
Public and private ‘Twilight in Delhi’ on June 12, 2022The turn of socio-political events has unleashed waves of socio-cultural innovations impacting the social setup. Literature, a powerful torch bearer of such events, functions as the preserver of history and lets its readers enjoy the moment with its power of storytelling. Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi is one such masterpiece standing at the moment when […]
Environmentally Displaced Refugees on June 12, 2022Migration has been an essential part of human existence on this planet on multiple grounds. Humanity moved in search of food and greener pastures for the animals. But the modern geographical boundaries and the hegemonic control of capitalistic powers contained this free movement. The precariousness of sources on earth and the rapid environmental changes caused […]
Brave New World of Pakistani Anglophone Narratives on June 1, 2022After 9/11, our world began to metamorphose, at least at the level of literary productions, if not at the socio-political level. This is specifically significant in the case of Pakistan and its literary productions in English because Pakistan received the maximum impact of 9/11 and the New World Order proclaimed by the US. Pakistani literature […]