Current issue
One Lasting Desire Despite It All by Fatima Jafar
Poetic Renditions
Urdu to English: غزل ۔ ناصر کاظمی
Included in this issue
We Learned Hunger in English by Mahin Wahla ||
A conversation between a woman and the last wild witness by Zainab Jokhio ||
مونگ پھلی by سید قمر عباس اعرجی ||
Five Hundred Words a Day: Creativity in the Time of Monsters by Sakina Hassan ||
Tending to the Indoor Garden (detail 3) by Iman Ahmed ||
The Woman Who Wants Everything: An Interview with Dur e Aziz Amna by Anum Asi
A panel discussion and readings by exciting voices in writing and translation from South Asia.
Translations can and should start from home ground itself, with the understanding that they are, already, part of world literature. Chaired by Hammad Rind, South Asian translators and writers Deepa Bhasthi, Gaya Nagahawatta, Eratfa Bintay Redwan, Rishabh Pandit, and Fazal Baloch will talk about the power of translation; what is meant by home ground and global stage; the challenges of translating from underrepresented languages; and the opportunities that can be created.
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Chowk . چوک
2026: Transformations
۲۰۲۶: تبدیلیاں
Art, August 2026
CyberLahore
by Hazem Asif
Essay, July 2026
Sherengul Deserved a Word
by Ayesha Farooq
Essay, July 2026
Don’t Light Up the Dark
by Khadeeja Bilqees
Essay, May 2026
Chooriyan: An Archive
by Maryam Zahid
Poetry, May 2026
if there were bogs in Pakistan
by Afifa Amer
Art, April 2026
The Gaze by Saniah Umer
Maliha Hasan and Aima Tariq speak with editors Bareerah Ghani and Sidra Hassan
Watch the conversation here
Shandana Minhas speaks to writers, artists, absurdists. listen to episodes here.
28 February 2025
with SABAHAT ZAKARIYA
Sabahat Zakariya is a writer, cultural critic and creator of iconoclastic videos. Her celebrated multimedia platform, Feminustani, has carved a new genre in the South Asian cultural space by excavating Pakistani popular culture for feminist and social critique. Some of the things she talks about in this episode are identity, creativity, saris, and Pakistani English language writing.

