Media/writings

My writings for the Pakistan weekly The Friday Times

My articles published by The News, Pakistan

My op-eds published in Express-Tribune, Pakistan

My writings for DAWN newspaper

My writings for The News

Papers on South Asian Art, Culture and Society

The enigma of dual belonging: Qurratulain Hyder’s enduring popularity in Pakistan, a paper presented at a Seminar at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India (February 2008)

Through a screen, darkly, a paper on South Asian televisual experience and its relationship with patriarchy, misogyny and commercialism; Published in India International Centre Quarterly (Spring 2008 issue)

The Unholy Trinity of Love – Kabir, Bulleh and Lalon; The Third Frame quarterly, published by Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India (Summer 2008 issue)

Shifting the Boundaries: Revisiting Islam and Muslimness, The Third Frame, quarterly published by Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India (Spring 2009 issue)

Silhouetted Silences - contemporary Pakistani literature in the ‘age of terror’; a paper presented at the SAARC Writers Forum, Agra, India (March 2009)

Living Lohawarana, published by Himal SouthAsia Magazine, Nepal (October 2008)

The pampered Islamabadites, published by Himal Magazine, Nepal (October 2008)

The invisibility of the Mughal princesses published by Himal SouthAsia Magazine, Nepal (June 2008)

Speak Up! Pakistan’s rich dissident literary tradition published by Himal SouthAsia Magazine, Nepal (December 2007)

Negotiating Identities: Unpacking cross-border cultural exchanges, South Asia Quarterly, South Asia Free Media Association, Lahore, Pakistan (July 2009)