KIBF Karachi International Book Fair – Day 01

On my way back from work, I thought I’d stop by to check out the Karachi International Book Fair as over the weekend it gets really crowded. Also I wanted to check out the books by myself before coming back with my kids. It was the same as every year, the good deals were mostly found [...]

The Associate by John Grisham

Finally a legal thriller by John Grisham that I can recommend to anyone. John Grisham has found his lost form with this book. Although you will be comparing this one with The Firm throughout but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, I loved Firm and love this one as well. It’s about a brilliant law [...]

Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

I was a little disappointed when I found out that Kamila Shamsie’s new novel Burnt Shadows isn’t entirely based in Karachi. The biggest reason I liked Kartography was because it was set in Karachi. I was apprehensive because the book I read before this one was Daniyal Mueenuddin’s short stories “In other rooms, other wonders” [...]

NADRA Executive Office

I had to apply for “B Form” of my daughter (B Form is a sort of identification document till you get your National Identification Card). A friend told me about NADRA’s executive office where you can avoid the long lines and get the process done in clean air conditioned offices for a higher fee. Since [...]

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

Daniyal Mueenuddin is the latest entrant in the growing list of Pakistan fiction writers and his debut is a collection of short stories called “In other rooms, other wonders”. The stories in the book are linked together via a central figure, KK Harouni, a landlord in Punjab although in a couple of stories the link [...]

Books vs. Magazines

I have this bad habit of ignoring everything else when I start reading a book and that is why, I try to get my reading fix via magazines and newspapers for as long as I can. For me, reading magazines is more of a quickie or a one night stand, whereas books are like a [...]

Odd one out

The Complete Kama Sutra is 4th in AAG TV’s Top 10 Most Romantic Book list!!! Go figure.