Delhi by heart, In An Antique Land

Another review on my book “Delhi By Heart” appeared in Outlook Magazine India. By Venky Vembu In his novel The Shadow Lines, Amitav Ghosh…

Conversation with Mushir ul Hasan on my book

Last year, my book was released in Delhi. The video and transcript of the discussion have been uploaded now. Mushir ul Hasan: I’m delighted…

Writing from the Heart

What a Lovely Review on my book “Delhi by Heart” published  in South Asia Magazine! By Tariq Bashir Delhi by Heart is a passionate…

A wonderful review of my book by Rana Safvi

Here’s a lovely review written by Rana Safvi over at her blog “Dilli jo aik shahar tha aalam mai intikhaab rahtay thay hee jahaan…

Understanding Contemporary Muslimness

A review of Naveeda Khan’s book Muslim Becoming published in “The Book Review“ I wanted to learn what it meant to know Islam in…

Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed on my book

A lovely review of my book in the Daily Times by Ishtiaq Ahmed When Indians and Pakistanis visit each other, questions of identity, patriotism,…

Rumi’s Dilli

Here is a wonderful review of my book in India’s Frontline magazine The Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi is both an insider and an outsider…

Walk with a Dehlvi

Another review of my book, Delhi by heart, over at the Indian Express One thing that can be said about Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi…

Delhi by heart: Writing “Home”

A review of my book, Delhi by heart, in the Express Tribune In candid tones, journalist and analyst Raza Rumi explores an Indian city,…

Book Review – Nobody Can Love You More: Life in Delhi’s Red Light District

There is usually too much romance, tragedy or judgment in books about South Asia’s sex workers Writing about the lives of “fallen women” is…

Regressive governance (book review)

“…the pasture of stupidity is unwholesome for mankind.” – Ibn-e-Khaldun  Pakistan’s ‘crisis’ of governance has now acquired an axiomatic status. Local and foreign experts…

The enigma that is Pakistan (book review)

Anatol Lieven’s new book is not just a contemporary account of Pakistan, it also attempts to present an alternative narrative of what is often…

Down melody lane

A book review published in DAWN mentions my piece on Mehdi Hasan: … Raza Rumi’s piece ‘The Melodious Age of Mehdi Hasan’ discusses in…

New book: Wanted: Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family

Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand Muslim family laws have for long been—and continue to be—a hugely controversial subject. Critics contend that these laws seriously militate…

Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night

Book Review by Sumaira Samad Curfewed Night is the memoir of young Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer, recounting his youth in the troubled valley during…

Unimagined by Imran Ahmad

BOOK REVIEW Vinod Joseph Unimagined is the growing-up story of Imran Ahmad, whose parents migrated from Pakistan to England in the early 1960s when…

The Kite Runner: The Afghan Tragedy Goes Unexplained

Khalid Hoseni’s book, now turned into a film has been a best seller. It is touching as a personal narrative and indeed quite well-written.…

On Mukhtaran Mai (Book Review)

Sadia Dehlvi has sent me this book review that was published by the Hindustan Times. Mukhtar Mai In the Name of Honour: A memoir…