Beef in ‘Laddus’ and the Baffling Silence of Cow Vigilantes

by Dr Syed Ali Mujtaba at Clarion India: THE Hindus were shocked to learn recently…

A Mystery in the Shape of a Book

Philip Graham in The Millions: On a gravel road outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming, I stood…

Einstein’s Open Fly

by Irshad Salim, Karachi: I’ve observed that my contacts on WhatsApp generally have a shorter…

A History of Prejudice

David Feldman in The Ideas Letter: Over the last 100 years, the struggle against antisemitism…

Monday Poem: Sophie Reece Poetry

Life is a string of wishes,that reality misses,Love is a bruiseTime only heals parts of…

What Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Can Teach Us About Creativity

by Tracy Caldor in Cupoty Newsletter: Back in the 1980s I borrowed a Fighting Fantasy…

Memoir: The Crooked Tour Guide of Sharran

by Habib Khan, Quetta: The decline in tourism in Pakistan is often blamed on unstable…

What Happened When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Went to Dhaka After the Formation of Bangladesh

From Aaj TV Official on YouTube: Some talking points and perspective of renowned Pakistani intellectual,…

Meet the Editor Who Turned Himself Into an AI News Anchor

Alex Kantrowitz at Big Technology: The AI version of Elihay Vidal looks a lot like…

Friday Poem: I Don’t Like Poetry

I don’t like similes.Every time I try to think of onemy brain feels like a…

Travelogue: Red Phone Booths

by Azfar Shakil, Toronto: The red color public telephone booth locally called “Phone Box” in…

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

Joya Chatterji at Literary Hub: I was seven years old during the 1971 war between…