The World After Gaza
Pankaj Mishra's The World After Gaza provides a penetrating critique of global power structures, situating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within broader historical and geopolitical contexts,...
Kashmir Books in 2024
Muhammad Nadeem offers a short introduction to the list of books that were published on Kashmir, its life and culture in 2024
In 2024, Kashmir’s...
Karan Singh On Hinduism
by Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
In The Eternal Religion: Glimpses of Hinduism, Dr Karan Singh provides a concise overview and interpretation of Hinduism, emphasising its...
The World With Its Mouth Open: A Review
Zahid Rafiq’s debut The World With Its Mouth Open is a collection of powerful Kashmir stories told diligently, writes Muhammad Nadeem after going through...
Probing the Relic Theft
The mysterious theft of the holy relic from Dargah-e-Hazratbal in the winter of 1963 created a Himalayan crisis for the governments in Srinagar and...
Islam and Democracy: The Dynamic Dialogue
The debate on Islam and democracy has been a longstanding contentious issue, engaging the minds of Muslim thinkers for centuries. In his latest book,...
Allegory and Identity in Ayaz Rasool Nazki’s Novels
After going through the two latest novels of Ayaz Rasool Nazki, an academician and a cultural administrator, Muhammad Nadeem found the poetic plots that...
Kashmir: One In 565
Hachette India published Mallika Ravikumar’s book about the integration of 565 pre-petition principalities and states offers an interesting read with Kashmir emerging as the...
Srinagar: Borrowed Memories
With a recorded history of around five millennia, Srinagar, the City of Kashmir has been a settlement explored and rediscovered by people for the...
Lal Chowk: Deconstructing Kashmir
During his frequent Kashmir visits since 2017, journalist Rohin Kumar explores complex issues involving Kashmir and eventually collects his experiences in a book that...
Pakistan’s Perilous Path
Tahir Kamran's new book offers an ambitious and nuanced exploration of Pakistan's complex history, examining the intricate interplay between geography, culture, and politics, writes...
Kashmir’s Book Engineer
An engineer-turned-author from Srinagar, Amir Suhail Wani is navigating the intersection of faith and modernity, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani reports
Amir Suhail Wani, an engineer...
The Making of Modern Kashmir
Regardless of missteps, reversals, and controversial compromises, Sheikh Abdullah shaped the political evolution and consciousness of Kashmir over his 50-year career, writes Muhammad Nadeem...
Why Prophet’s Life Is Perpetually Relevant?
In The Sirah of the Prophet: A Contemporary and Original Analysis, Dr Yasir Qadhi weaves together a narrative that transcends time and geography, offering...
Understanding the Dard Tribe
Cultural Encyclopaedia of the Dard Tribe stands as a meticulously researched and engaging work that masterfully weaves together the socio-linguistic and cultural fabric of...
