Keyword: partition

Interview: Translator Gives Urdu Literary Classic 'Basti' a Passport Into English

L: First American edition of

Arts

As Intizar Husain's 1979 novel gets its first American publication, Asia Society talks with scholar and translator Frances Pritchett about the difficulties involved in rendering it into English.

December 26th by Jeff Tompkins | Comments

South Asian Americans Find a Shared Space, and Solidarity, Onstage in New York City

Participants and performers in the 2012

Arts

With music, dance, and quite a lot of laughs, Unification commemorates the 65th anniversary of partition.

August 15th by Vivek Gupta | Comments

Podcast: Ashis Nandy and Pakistan's 'Latent Potential'

Ashis Nandy in New Delhi, summer 2011.

Policy

This is the latest installment of a series of podcasts entitled Another Pakistan, a co-production of the Asia Society and the Watson Institute at Brown University, with support on the ground from Aman ki Asha. Click here to learn more. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to the podcast.

September 23rd by Christopher Lydon | Comments

Podcast: Nadeem ul Haque: 'The Country That Can Kill the World'

Nadeem ul Haque giving a talk at TedxLahore in July 2010.

Policy

This is the latest installment of a series of podcasts entitled Another Pakistan, a co-production of the Asia Society and the Watson Institute at Brown University. Click here to learn more. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to the podcast.

September 2nd by Christopher Lydon | Comments

Podcast: Salman Rashid: A Pakistani Travelogue, with Tears

Chris Lydon (R) with Salman Rashid (L) in his walled garden on the south side of Lahore, summer 2011.

Policy The distinguished travel writer Salman Rashid encounters painful memories in Punjab.

September 1st by Christopher Lydon | Comments

Podcast: Ayesha Jalal, Part II - What Would Manto Say?

Historian Ayesha Jalal with Iqbal Hussain's painting of two ladies of the night in Lahore (cover art on a Penguin Classics edition of Manto's stories).

Arts

Ayesha Jalal revisits the work of Manto (1912-1955), one of Pakistan's greatest writers, and finds it almost disturbingly relevant today.

August 24th by Christopher Lydon | Comments

Podcast: Ayesha Jalal on Pakistan's 'Revenge of the '40s, Then the '80s'

Pakistani historian Ayesha Jalal in Lahore, Summer 2011.

Policy

For historian Ayesha Jalal, Pakistan's present woes are inseparable from the trauma of its birth.

August 23rd by Christopher Lydon | Comments

Podcast: Saad Haroon: Pakistan as a Bad Bollywood Comedy

Pakistani comedian Saad Haroon.

Policy

This is the latest installment of a series of podcasts entitled Another Pakistan, a co-production of the Asia Society and the Watson Institute at Brown University. Click here to learn more. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to the podcast.

August 16th by Christopher Lydon | Comments

Podcast: Shahrukh Hasan: The Peace That Could Save Pakistan

Shahrukh Hasan, managing director of the Jang newspaper group in Pakistan.

Policy

A Pakistani media mogul launches a gutsy campaign to retire official anti-India rhetoric.

August 12th by Christopher Lydon | Comments