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Let’s get one thing straight, the Kamala Harris debacle – if one can call it that – is not because of her being a woman. Granted, it may have played a part in the US elections 2024 specifically for the voters, but surely a very miniscule part. This assertion...
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There is not a moment that goes by when the infallible Western media is not ready to judge, patronize or pounce and vilify states across the Global South or in the Middle East about their ‘wrong-doings.’ Be it events of any kind, diplomatic relationships, human rights issue; the list...
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Of late, language or rather the mechanisms and machinations of language have become an incessant obsession. From time immemorial, all tools of language and expression – be it the hieroglyphics of old, Lutheran Pamphlets, censored blank spaces in Pakistani dailies in the 80s, Mahsa Amini’s image, Mahmud Darwish’s lilting...
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Buy the Book In Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing (Published by Anthem Press, 2022, also available at Folio Press), the author, Amina Yaqin takes us on a journey into the vibrant yet understudied domain of progressive women’s poetry in Urdu, presenting a deeply nuanced and rigorous...
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Publisher: Haus Publishing Details to buy the books below My Palestine, An Impossible Exile written by Mohammad Tarbush is a raw, evocative, and intimate piece of writing not just about the cataclysms of human suffering, but the debilitating conditions of humanity. And, in the midst of personal and national...
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Consistently worsening conditions in regions of conflict, siege and oppression, Palestine and Sudan, have opened flood gates of malnutrition, disease and death targeting entire generations of children. Over 450 million children – nearly one in five – live in or have fled a conflict zone. With areas universally considered...
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General Firebrand and His Red Atlas by Tathagata Bhattacharya is a haunting and poignant exploration of the human spirit’s resilience in the face of oppression. This fast-paced, action-packed dystopian novel transcends mere adventure to probe the very essence of power, the fragility of rationality, and the pervasive influence of...
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The Big Day by Aliya Ali-Afzal Publisher: Head of Zeus Publishing Date: 6 June 2024 Synopsis Noor has no interest in getting married (much to the aunties’ distress). Growing up she saw first-hand how divorce tears families apart… But then, she falls in love. Soon, Noor is engaged...
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Yoda Press has published and launched the South Asia edition of Sahana Ghosh’s groundbreaking book A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security across the Bangladesh-India Borderlands in Kolkata and Delhi, India recently. Focusing on mobility, security and migration, the book talks about the existence and militarization of the friendly border...