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In 'Those Without Graves', Joginder Paul blurs the lines between the living and dead
In 'The Rape of an Abandoned House', Deepak Budki lays bare the hunger of scavengers
In 'I Have Done My Bhartiya-karan', Kanhaiyalal Kapoor asks what it takes to become Indian
In 'Draupadi Has Woken Up', Renu Behl writes of a woman's 'duties' in patriarchal Punjab
In 'Daani, The Generous One', Krishan Chandar writes of shared hunger — and hope — amid homelessness
In 'Run From These Slave Traders', Ramanand Sagar writes of women without a country
In 'A Cup of Tea', Mahindar Nath meditates on love, before and after marriage
Urdu stories, in translation: Read short fiction by Gulzar, Joginder Paul and Deepak Budki
Urdu stories, in translation: Read short fiction by Renu Behl, Ramanand Sagar and Krishan Chandar
A finer fiction: The story of Urdu writing in Pakistan is vastly different from India's
RIP Kashmiri Lal Zakir: Cruel year for world of Urdu letters, as another stalwart falls
Modern Urdu writing has a multiplicity of voices, a range of concerns and motifs