Pakistan

Khabees Orat: A reflection on bi-cultural humour

By |2019-12-04T11:36:10+01:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Genre, North India, North India Readings, Popular and Pulp Fiction, Reading|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The character “Khabees Orat. portrays the opposite of what an average Pakistani woman is expected to be, in return becoming the representation of the inner voice of a large majority of local women. ” Where “orat” can literally be translated into “woman”, “Khabees” is a combination of “notorious,” “wicked, “dishonorable,” “devilish” and “corrupt” qualities.

Entangled Histories: Qurratulain Hyder’s Fireflies in the Mist

By |2019-12-04T11:37:08+01:00February 21st, 2017|Categories: Literary Criticism, North India, North India Readings, Reading, Translations|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When does a book become part of world literature? When it is translated into a major language, published by a metropolitan publisher and endorsed by renowned writers? So why has Qurratulain Hyder’s novel failed to register?

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