“muhammad umar memon”

In the title story of Do You Suppose It’s the East Wind?, Altaf Fatima portrays the pain felt by a Muslim who is forced to separate from her Hindu friend during Partition. Ghulam Abbas describes how the ‘Lure of Music’ seduces a father to abandon the confines of a middle-class exis... More

A collection of Urdu stories by some of the finest and most renowned writers of the language today - including Naiyer Masud, Balraj Manra, Jeelani Bano and Intizar Husain - brought to the English reader in accurate, modern translations. With originality and poetic grace, these stories lead us into... More

Complex, audacious and strongly individualistic, the stories in this selection underline the originality and power of the modern Urdu short story. The contributors to The Colour of Nothingness are among the finest writers produced by Pakistan and India.... More

Contributors to this Issue of the Annual include Chulam Abbas, Nuzhat Abbas, Ashfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Asauddin, Elizabeth Bell, Daniela Bredi, Alain Desoulieres, Musharraf Farooqi, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Nida Fazli, Abdullah Hussein, Ikramullah, Umber Khairi, Anis Memon, Muhammad Umar Memon, Gail Mina... More

From the magic realm of a glass wharf to the sorrows of a community of wastelanders. From the visceral immediacy of filial bonds to memories that haunt, Naiyer Masud s fictional world is an experience. The Essence of Camphor, the first ever English translation of Masud s work, is evidently an exampl... More

An active member of the Progressive writers movement, ahmad Nadeem Qasimi is probably one of the most admired Pakistani writers. A poet, journalist, literary critic and short story writer, he is a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. About Author : Acknowledgements Introduction A sample ... More

Hauntingly beautiful short stories with strong affinities to Kafka and Borges, by one of the most enthralling voices to emerge from India.... More