Books, bombs & mangroves (on the fourth Karachi Literature Festival)

In its fourth year, the Karachi literature festival (KLF) has become a public event that brings together the cosmopolitanism and the fissiparous identities of…

Karachi Literature Festival: The great divide

The third Karachi Literature Festival concluded recently. I am posting a short piece of mine which was published by the News on Sunday. Another…

KLF: a mixed bag

By Huma Imtiaz When a literary festival’s headliner is author and religious thinker Karen Armstrong, one wonders whether to be amused, or descend into…