Eminent critic and writer Nasir Abbas Nayyar delivered a lecture at the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi on May 30, 2025, ...

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Ken Follett, the bestselling author of 'The Pillars of the Earth' and the 'Century Trilogy', turns history into gripping fiction. On his birthday, we revisit how he made cathedrals, wars, and ...

Many think drones have become even more important than fighter jets. But this is just one piece of new-age warfare which bridges the gap between reality and fiction. In March, a startling revelation ...

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Ngugi's prose was militant. He thought the ... showed he would not 'drop it'. His fiction is peopled with characters like Matigari, a man who will eschew words and take up arms to 'renew' the ...

Less well-known is its link to an odd, pioneering science fiction novel ... to give you a sense of his prose, the first person to start a novel: "It was a dark and stormy night…").