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Arundhati Roy: the literary canary in India’s coalmine

NEW DELHI: She may have returned to publishing fiction after a two decade hiatus, but Indian writer Arundhati Roy says she has no plans...

Nobel prize winner’s book turned down by 19 publishers

PARIS: The French writer Claude Simon, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1985, would not be published today, according to an experiment...

Remembering Manto on his 62nd death anniversary

The 62nd death anniversary of Urdu's renowned writer Saadat Hasan Manto is being observed today. Saadat Hasan Manto was born on 11 May, 1912, in...

Trump would be ‘American Mussolini’, says writer Kennedy

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has no chance of winning the US presidential election, best-selling US writer Douglas Kennedy has told AFP -- but if he...

Tired of adventure, Frederick Forsyth gives up on fiction

LONDON: After a dozen novels and 70 million book sales under his belt, British writer Frederick Forsyth told AFP he is giving up on thrillers because his wife told him he can no longer travel to adventurous places.

‘Team Muhafiz’ is up to fight evils of society

KARACHI: Imran Azhar, creator and writer, has come up with a new comic book series ‘Team Muhafiz’ containing a group of teenager characters from Karachi, who are being dubbed as ‘new superheroes’ of Pakistan.

Noted playwright and writer Fatima Surayya Bajia passes away

KARACHI: Renowned Urdu writer Fatima Surayya Bajiya passed away at the age of 85 on Wednesday evening, ARY News reported.

Kader Khan says some Bollywood bosses gave him ‘cold-shoulder’

Veteran and versatile Bollywood actor Kader Khan, who featured in countless flicks as supporting and main role, seems to have fed up with bosses of film industry.

American analyst predicts ‘bright future’ of Pakistan on economic front

An American analyst Daniel Runde, in his recent article, has highlighted the potential of Pakistan on economic front and compared the Muslim country with that of Colombia in the late 1990s when “drugs, gangs, and failed state” were freely associated with the Andean country before it became a progressive state after surviving the worst period.

“Ainak Wala Jin” creator A. Hameed’s 4th death anniversary today

Renowned novelist Abdul Hameed passed away on this very day, four years ago.

Italy 'sabotage' trial writer compares himself to Gandhi

TURIN: Italian writer Erri de Luca invoked Gandhi on Wednesday as he began his trial defence against charges of inciting criminal damage to a controversial high-speed rail link through the Alps.
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