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Home #itscomplicated, the latest book by Abu Dhabi based author, Saba Karim Khan, was launched at the Karachi Literature Festival this month. The book is already in its next print run. Home #itscomplicated rests on one conviction: Pakistan—home to over 240 million people, 70-80 languages and fascinating natural diversity—cannot...
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Ananke, in collaboration with independent, award-winning publishing house Yoda Press, is organizing an exclusive digital book launch: ‘Sum of Worlds – A Conversation with Naima Rashid’ on February 20th, 2025 at 1.00 PM UK, 5.00 PM UAE, 6.30 PM India . Naima Rashid is an author, poet and translator...
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Art imitates life. It not only mirrors society, but also supplies a mirror through which social norms, taboos, stereotypes and deeply entrenched belief systems can be discovered by a discerning eye. Indeed, as with all other societal manifestations, darkness can be easily transported, translated and expressed in art form....
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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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Pakistani author Safinah Danish Elahi’s contemporary fiction novel, The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Asian Fiction Prize 2023. Previously long-listed from a selection of thirteen writers, the shortlist includes writers from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nigeria and the only novel from Pakistan...