Reviews on Delhi by Heart
Fiction writer Intizar Hussain (DAWN) “In his exuberance, Rumi started writing without planning beforehand, knowing not how his narrative will end. The narrative, however,…
A book with a view
Delhi by Heart in NYC, originally uploaded by Jahane Rumi. A friend of mine – KS – was most kind to have purchased my…
Neither Here nor There: The Shifting Identities of Raza Rumi
A Pakistani journalist, writer, and public policy practitioner, Raza Rumi’s life exemplifies the intersection of the personal and the political. In 2014, his work…
2015: The year in words
Last year was long, unsettling and transitional. I have always welcomed change but being unsure about one’s future path is not too exciting.Have been…
A book I will be reading soon: “Nobody Can Love You More”
Mayank’s book Nobody Can Love You More has been published (see the rather lovely self-portrait by the author). I am so eager to get…
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…
Books in the times of jihad
After a hiatus of nearly a decade, I found myself in the United Arab Emirates, also popularly imagined as ‘Dubai’ in Pakistan. I was…
Sultana Begum, the great grand daughter-in law of last Mughal emperor
Jahane Rumi is grateful to Shivnath Jha for this contribution.. Stiching words together to restore glory to the lives lost in oblivion may not…
Fahmida Riaz – “Her dreams of the future”
Barricaded Islamabad enveloped by the ghosts of national gloom has one little corner of hope. The Pakistan Academy of Letters, under its dynamic and…