BOOKS


Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari

Mina Malik

Mar 01, 2025

Sarwari lays it all bare in this clear-eyed memoir about the trials of her marriage, within which the lines between mother, partner, caregiver devolved into a messy blur

Book Review: Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha

Hera Naguib

Jan 27, 2025

Abu Toha, who has emerged as a significant voice during the genocide of his people, has written a harrowing testament to the interminable slaughter of Palestinians, and yet his poetry is also a fervent reclamation of Palestinian life

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Rafia Asim

Jan 14, 2025

Orbital, the winner of the 2024 Booker Prize, invites us to explore our fragility as human beings and bear witness to the wondrous planet we call home.

A Scandal for the Pages

Mina Malik

Jan 13, 2025

Imtiaz and Masood-Khan have not only painstakingly recreated the Mustafa Zaidi murder case in their book Society Girl, but also the social milieu of Karachi and Lahore in the 70s

Under the Tamarind Tree by Nigar Alam

Taha Kehar

Jan 12, 2025

The intricately plotted novel departs from the usual preoccupations and motifs of a Partition novel, and offers the reader something new

The Golden Road by William Dalrymple

Madeeha Maqbool

Jan 11, 2025

The book is a love letter to ancient Indian civilisations, but fails to consider its India’s current Saffron-saturated context