Book Review: Alif – Episode #8 (By Umera Ahmed)

The eighth episode is released on 1 March, 2019. *** Summary The episode starts with a letter from Husn-e-Jehan to Sultan. The rest of the episodes revolves around Qalb-e-Momin and Momina. Their circle in narrowing. They travel together, without saying a single word to each other. The constant talks of Momina’s success bothers Momin, to…

Book Review: Daredreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes By Kartik & Ravi Sharma

Book Details Title: Daredreamers: A Start-up of Superheroes Writer: Kartik Sharma, Ravi Sharma Amazon: Buy here   Author Profile Kartik Sharma, a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, is passionate about books. Be it reading or writing, he found his one true passion in the written…

Book Review: An Indian Loser by Uzma Hameed

Book Details Title: An Indian Loser Author: Uzma Hameed # of pages: 374 Link to Buy: Amazon Synopsis In the other parts of the world when people fail, they gather themselves and try again; people around them encourage, motivate and inspire. However, in India if a person fails, he is considered incompetent, inadequate and unworthy. People…

Book Review: Syrian Brides By Anna Halabi

Book Details Title: Syrian Brides Writer: Anna Halabi GoodReads: Syrian Brides Author Profile Anna Halabi was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria. She emigrated to Europe in 1999 for her university studies. She currently lives with her family in Germany. Syrian Brides is her debut as an author. The stories and characters in this collection…

Book Review: Haalim – Episode #19 (By Nemrah Ahmed)

Wait till the noise dies down. My takeaway from the episode Episode 19 was uploaded on the author’s FB page on Feb 9. Read Online & Participate In The Discussion | Download This episode was sufficiently long and went back and forth in time 3-4 times. The time swing was 2-4 days at first and then……

Book Review: Alif – Episode #7 (By Umera Ahmed)

The seventh episode is released on 2 February, 2019. *** Summary The episode starts with a diary entry by Taha. He sits down to do calligraphy but can’t focus on anything, except being mesmerised by the beauty of Husn-e-Jehan. Abdul Alaa narrates the story to Qalb-e-Momin – a tale of love between Taha and Husn-e-Jehan….

Book Review: A Bus Ride by Biswajit Nath

Book Details Title: A Bus Ride: and other short stories Author: Biswajit Nath Link to Buy: Amazon Synopsis There are stories everywhere. One just needs to find them out, add value and express. But storytelling is not a joke either. A bus ride is a collection of short stories from author’s village and nearby. Stories written…

Telefilm Review: Maan Jaaiye Na

Telefilm Details Title: Maan Jaiye Na Writer: Mohammad Ahmad Directed By: Erum Binte Shahid Produced By: M Shaukat Sattar Channel: TV One Cast: Maria Wasti, Mohammad Ahmed, RababHashim. Farhan ALi Agha, Babar Khan, Tasneem Ansari Non Review Rant I am not keeping well and a sick person needs to be pampered, needs additional forces to…

Telefilm Review: Khala Pangan Ka Sangam

  Telefilm Details Title: Khala Pangan Ka Sangam Channel: ARY Digital Written By: Saba Hassan Directed by: Saife Hassan Cast: Waseem Abbas, Javeria Saud, Asad Siddiqui, Sana Askari Review It amazed me how only four characters can tell such a nice and hilarious story. The characters Waseem Abbas: Sabir Miyan aka Mamu Kut Kut, the…

Drama Review: Ranjha Ranjha Kardi

Updated June 11, 2019: I was watching some clips of Ranjha Ranjha Kardi, as I am an admirer of Imran Ashraf’s work. I reconsidered my decision of not watching the drama. True, the storyline is miles away from the novel. True, it is a heartbreaking story. But it also promises to be brilliant. It is…