Remembering Intizar Husain
(L-R) Jamila Hashmi, Intizar Husain, Masood Ashar and Kishwar Naheed Raza Rumi remembers Intizar Husain as a colossus of letters, but also as a…
In memoriam: Writers like Intizar Husain never die, they live on in their words and ideas
In celebrating his pluralistic literary roots, Intizar Husain was a truly contemporary writer. Intizar Husain, the last of great Urdu writers, passed away yesterday…
Book review: Delhi of the past and the present
Here is a lovely review of my book, written by the esteemed Intizar Husain Raza Rumi tells us that he aspired to be an…
Displacement & Discontent – Basti by Intizar Husain
THE publication of Basti’s translation is an important literary milestone. The author, Intizar Husain, is perhaps the greatest living Urdu writer and his genius…
My session with Intizar Husain: Karachi Literature Festival 2011
Huma Imitiaz has summed up the session I moderated at the KLF. Huma has been kind to me but I am just a humble…
Oh, Lucknow!
By Intizar Husain ONE fine morning under the programme of Sahitya Academy I found myself in Lucknow, and wondered if it was the Lucknow…