Pakistan

Daddy in the Shadows

Bunny Suraiya

A gripping novel where the son gets to know himself better through his raucous uncles and absent father

The Art of Denial

Madhavankutty Pillai

How to complicate the complicated

Fear and Faith in Dhaka

Ullekh NP in Dhaka

Caught between the call of jihad and the politics of poverty, Sheikh Hasina is battling alone for Bangladesh. India and the West had better take notice

India Art Fair 2016: Less Is More

Somak Ghoshal

Indian artists may not have set hearts aflutter but those from Pakistan and Nepal added spice to the local flavours

Out, Damned Spot

Aresh Shirali

That’s life in a lost state

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s Memoir: Dialogue is Destiny

Mani Shankar Aiyar

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s magisterial memoir further underlines the truth that the consolidation of India’s own nationhood depends crucially on our being able to look on Pakistan as a friend and neighbour, not as a threat and an enemy

Rehana and Shakil Saigol: With Love From Karachi

Sunaina Kumar

Artist couple Rehana and Shakil Saigol trace their roots to Kolkata, a city they say nourished their imagination

Hangings in Pakistan

Open

Pakistan’s death penalty, initially reserved only for terror convicts, was extended to all capital crimes in March 2015

Artists Without Borders

Somak Ghoshal

The Gujral Foundation’s decision to present two artists from India and Pakistan in its collateral show at the 56th Venice Biennale this year did seem like a risky proposition. Thankfully, it was the choice of artists that made the difference