Best Books of 2024
Mahmood Awan reviews his most cherished reads of the year 2024 for The News on Sunday Roundup, 24
Najm Hosain Syed’s Kaafian
Mahmood Awan reviews Najm Hosain Syed’s’ Kaafian retitled ‘Aao Raat Jagaa’o’; Translated into English by Naveed Alam and Dr Asma Qadri) in today’s The News on Sunday.
The best-loved books of 2023
Mahmood Awan (The News on Sunday, 31st December 2023) Anup Singh’s Irrfan: Dialogues with the wind was my top read of the year. Anup Singh is a Geneva-based film director who directed Irrfan Khan for his films Qissa: The tale of a lonely ghost (2013) & The Song...
Zubair’s Grieving for Pigeons
The first book-length translation of Zubair Ahmad’s Punjabi short stories
Punjabi Resistance: A response to Mahmood Khan Achakzai
The story of Punjabi resistance, narrated through five legends, in response to Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s diatribe
Royals and Rebels of the Punjab
Priya Atwal’s book retells the Punjab story with new insights, focusing on the rise of Ranjit Singh and the fall of Punjab’s empire
Baba Nanak: The spiritual poet
Baba Nanak consistently displayed a forceful rejection of unjust authority and a love for the downtrodden through his many renderings
Nain Sukh: Journey through text
In his latest book, Nain Sukh combines oral and written texts to analyse the magical land of Punjab
Baranmah: A new Punjabi Magazine
The new Punjabi magazine Bara(n)mah, that includes writers from both sides of Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora, is a fresh breeze in the literary wilderness of Punjab
Folktales: Undivided Punjab Edition
An analysis of the existential challenge Shahmukhi script of Punjabi is facing in Pakistan