Short Story

Fake

some folks smile easy. for others it is a chore. point is, smiles cannot be cultivated. one is either born

Short Story

Blue Line

They have seen right through my nonchalance as I picked up the pregnancy test at the airport, kept my shaking

Poetry

A chain of thoughts

Where to start?
What to mend?

Deweaponise Your Thoughts

“..Because of the perpetual — and all-too-real — fear of being hurt, or of death, or of unbearable loss, or

Short Story

Splinter

They were the couple, everyone said so, back in those days. The lightness of him, the gold hair and blue

Short Story

Guddi

'Am I forever destined to wish better luck to others when nothing good ever comes my way?'

Icarus and The Filmmaker

I’ll be doing what I have a calling for, what I am most passionate about, and what makes me fly

Narrative

The PG Hamid Talat Khan Show

Hello viewers, I am PG Hamid Talat Khan, with another episode of the PG Hamid Talat Khan Show, in which

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid describes his work as “half a conversation.” “I do half the work and the reader does the other

Skins On Sale

Adam, a scared man in his millennium, hesitantly entered the shop, and stood alienated from the buyers. He was wrapped

An Evening with Ustad Asad Amanat Ali Khan: A Tribute

I met Asad Amanat Ali Khan a few years ago; I didn't think I'd never meet him again.

Monar Jomban (part 4 of 4)

They used to say ‘Allah will save us’ and a quarter of a century later I agree ‘only Allah can

Narrative

Inzi Post-Bob: An Interview

... You are good Muslim. Here, have a Pepsi! ...

Narrative

Monar Jomban (part 3 of 4)

I have started distinguishing the girls now – all in their late teens and two of them obviously sisters. The

Jaane kahan gaye voh din!

But a new generation of the young and restless cine fans had replaced the old generation and they had neither

Narrative

Monar Jomban (part 2 of 4)

We were out to buy Gaz (the traditional sweet of these parts, a delicate white chocolate made with sugar and