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Editor's Blog
Short story falls short
My attention was recently drawn to a short story entitled "Do not hate them very much" which appeared in literary magazine, Agni last year. The narrator of the story is an Indian that speaks Hindi, Arabic and English but cannot communicate with an Urdu-speaking Pakistani taxi driver. Sasialitters have already
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Review of the Week
Outlook Magazine
Review of Qurratulain Hyder's Fireflies in the Mist
"Non-Urdu readers have just begun to realise that Qurratulain Hyder is without doubt one of the finest writers anywhere of fiction, especially reportage fiction. Trying to review Qurratulain Hyder’s translation of her novel Akhir-e-Shab Ke Humsafar is like trying to review two
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Featured Profile
Roksana Badruddoja
Dr. Roksana Badruddoja, a second-generation Bangladeshi-American, is a trained sociologist from Rutgers University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in
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Reading Room
Prep
By Curtis Stittenfeld
Random House

The protagonist of this novel from Curtis Stittenfeld, Lee Fiora, is a shy, angst-ridden, thoughtful teenager. We follow her years at a posh boarding school in New England where she battles with sexuality, relationships, friendships, identity and class. Stittenfeld doesn’t revert to crass stereotypes to
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