Novelist Zameenzad's life and books described briefly.

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.

Author's discussion of his books and Western literature; also comments on life and work in general.

Bapsi Sidhwa in interview about her novels and herself as a Pakistani Parsi woman and U.S. immigrant.

Biographical information and news about her novel, Salt and Saffron, with other links.

How the city has been central to the development of literature and culture during the past century--and might not remain that way.

Mohsin Hamid's first novel is reviewed here.

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.

The New York Review of Books reviews Mohsin Hamid's novel Moth Smoke (2000)

A list of well-known authors from Pakistan and the Indian Subcontinent. The main site has many useful links.

A 21st-Century reader offers online comments on Taufiq Rafat's poem. Full text of the poem included.

This is a sketch of a woman parliamentarian who also wrote prose works in English and Urdu.

A socio-political take on a classic, Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi (1940).

The newspaper reportage on the young novelist and her two novels is recent and usable.

Part interview, the article shows the author's life and ideas reflected in her novel.

The ghazal verse-form is described, as in Urdu and some other languages.