Web Directory

» Cracking Sidhwa
   Bapsi Sidhwa in interview about her novels and herself as a Pakistani Parsi woman and U.S. immigrant.
   http://www.monsoonmag.com/interviews/i3inter_sidhwa.html

» Current Pakistani Fiction
   Article by Alamgir Hashmi on contemporary novels and short stories, discussed from the standpoint of theory and Pakistani history, culture, and society.
   http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/litserv/SPAN/33/Hashmi.html

» Moth Smoke
   Mohsin Hamid's first novel is reviewed here.
   http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/01/06/hamid/

» On Muhammad Iqbal
   A useful note on the poet and philosopher, Iqbal (1877-1938), at The Iqbal Academy, UK, web page.
   http://www.iqbalacademy-uk.org/the-poet-philosopher-iqbal/

» Partition
   Tariq Ali and Ken McMullen have adapted a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto about the partition of the Subcontinent, for a 90-minute film. Intro and stills are given here.
   http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/scripts/article.pl?articleID=306

» Passion In Lahore
   The New York Review of Books reviews Mohsin Hamid's novel Moth Smoke (2000)
   http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=13943

» Poet, Scholar Hashmi in Iowa
   This is a useful and relevant introduction to the work of the major English poet and scholar Professor Alamgir Hashmi, who suggested important principles of cultural coexistene a quarter century ago.
   http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2004/october/101904hashmi.html

» Poetry of Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi and Saqi Farooqi
   New leads to English translations of Urdu poems by these poets, and critical notes on them, in Quiddity: International Literary Journal.
   http://www.sci.edu/quiddity/issue02-1.html

» Postcolonial and Postimperial Authors
   A list of well-known authors from Pakistan and the Indian Subcontinent. The main site has many useful links.
   http://www.postcolonialweb.org/misc/authors.html

» Pushcart Prize for Hashmi
   U.S. literary prize nomination for poet Alamgir Hashmi, a first for Pakistan.
   http://greysparrowpress.net/Visconti.aspx

» Shaista Ikramullah
   This is a sketch of a woman parliamentarian who also wrote prose works in English and Urdu.
   http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P078&Pg=2

» The Reluctant Fundamentalist
   Review of Mohsin Hamid's second novel from the Village Voice
   http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0713,harvey,76165,10.html

» Twilight in Delhi: Indian Resentment of British Rule
   A socio-political take on a classic, Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi (1940).
   http://www.postcolonialweb.org/india/politics/indresent.html

» Uzma Aslam Khan
   The newspaper reportage on the young novelist and her two novels is recent and usable.
   http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/09/20/d30920210286.htm

» Uzma Aslam Khan: A Cocktail of Influences
   Part interview, the article shows the author's life and ideas reflected in her writing, particularly the novel "Trespassing".
   http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/features/article109127.ece

» Water~Stone Review: Between the Rivers
   The site provides leads to Alamgir Hashmi's recent literary writings and how they have inspired other artists, particularly in Volume 11 (2008).
   http://www.waterstonereview.com/pastissues.html

» What Is a Ghazal?
   The ghazal verse-form is described, as in Urdu and some other languages.
   http://smriti.com/urdu/ghazal.def.html

» WritersNet: Alamgir Hashmi
   Reflection on literary biography and a list of titles by the author, together with criticism about each title, which has reference value. Author's email address included.
   http://www.writers.net/writers/11034