“k a khan”

‘Dina Lal wasn’t moving . . . Hindu or not, he wasn’t, goddamnit, going anywhere.’  Lahore, 1947. Dina Lal, a true-blue Lahori, refuses to leave, staying put in Five Queen’s Road, a house he bought, in spite of his wife’s greatest misgivings, from an English... More

Max, Nawab of Sirmoor, is educated, poised and charming - and the last descendant of an old aristocratic family of Hyderabad. Orphaned at an early age, brought up by a British governess and a regal old aunt, under the guardianship of a British official, he is cool and emotionally uninvolved.Aminuddi... More

Medals or stripes proclaiming your designation are of little consequence when you are cornered by a hardened criminal. Viewed from this perspective alone, life 'on the beat' for top-cop Aftab Ahmed Khan has been no safer than that of any ordinary policeman patrolling the mean streets. What made a ma... More

What better way to remember the branches of the facial nerve than the mnemonic Two Zebras Borrowed My Car This is just one of the many mnemonics created by the author to help you remember facts you may need in your exams and medical career; see inside for the alternative version considered too risq... More

A much-needed exploration of when, and under what conditions, could a conflict transform to a level of almost indefinite protraction. Saira Khan argues that with the acquisition of nuclear weapons by states in a conflict, the situation is transformed to a level of indefinite protraction. She maintai... More

The partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political freedom and a future free of religious strife. Instead, the geographical divide effected an even greater schism of the population, benefiting the few at the expense of the very many, exposing huge numbers of the population to devastat... More