Literature
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58When clever words become a trap
Love has inspired some of the most beautiful poems ever written. But it has also inspired some rather clever excuses. John Donne’s...
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51When love becomes a race against time
Andrew Marvell’s famous poem raises questions about love, persuasion, consent and our endless rush to live in the moment Love is supposed...
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61Parveen Shakir and the universal language of women’s freedom
Can a woman writing in Urdu share a literary bond with Jane Austen, Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf? Their languages, cultures and...
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265Is the legacy of Kashmiri poets diminishing, or are we losing the readers?
Kashmir has a long and rich tradition of poetry. From Lal Ded and Sheikh-ul-Alam to Habba Khatoon, Mahjoor, Rasool Mir and, in...
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330A critical analysis of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Ambition, power and guilt
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the most famous tragedies in English literature. The play tells the story of Macbeth, a brave...
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398The devastating weight of guilt in Albert Camus’ ‘The Fall’
Through the confession of a fallen Parisian lawyer, Camus forces readers to confront vanity, cowardice and the uncomfortable distance between the ideals...
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548An inheritance called Kashmir: The valley that lived as memory inside Manto
Kashmiri diaspora spread across the plains of Punjab carried the memory of the Valley from one generation to the next. Though Saadat...
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456The lakes that remember: Water, myth and memory in Kashmiri folklore
Ancient lakes and springs emerge in folklore as living archives that hold the valley’s myths, griefs and enduring sense of belonging. There...
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302Why poet Rasool Mir is known as the John Keats of Kashmir
Rasool Mir is one of the most loved poets in Kashmiri literature. He is often called the “John Keats of Kashmir” because...
