- Adam Zameenzad
Novelist Zameenzad's life and books described briefly.
- Alamgir Hashmi
Reflection on literary biography and a list of titles by the author, together with criticism about each title, which has reference value. Author's email address included.
- An Interview with Zulfikar Ghose
Author's discussion of his books and Western literature; also comments on life and work in general.
- Cracking Sidhwa
Bapsi Sidhwa in interview about her novels and herself as a Pakistani Parsi woman and U.S. immigrant.
- Kamila Shamsie
Biographical information and news about her novel, Salt and Saffron, with other links.
- Lahore
How the city has been central to the development of literature and culture during the past century--and might not remain that way.
- Moth Smoke
Mohsin Hamid's first novel is reviewed here.
- National Identity and the Novel
Writer Tariq Ali and others on a panel in Sydney (2002) discuss 'The End of the National Novel'.
- Partition
Tariq Ali and Ken McMullen have adapted a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto about the partition of the Subcontinent, for a 90-minute film. Intro and stills are given here.
- Passion In Lahore
The New York Review of Books reviews Mohsin Hamid's novel Moth Smoke (2000)
- Postcolonial and Postimperial Authors
A list of well-known authors from Pakistan and the Indian Subcontinent. The main site has many useful links.
- Reading Rafat's "Sacrifice"
A 21st-Century reader offers online comments on Taufiq Rafat's poem. Full text of the poem included.
- Reviewing Mohsin Hamid
Moth Smoke is reviewed with the country that it is about in view.
- Twilight in Delhi: Indian Resentment of British Rule
A socio-political take on a classic, Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi (1940).
- What Is a Ghazal?
The ghazal verse-form is described, as in Urdu and some other languages.
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