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A Methodological Footnote 13 May 2013 | 02:02 pm
I wrote, The makers of Pakistan were peasants and laborers. In 1940, they passed a resolution in Lahore to demand a separate homeland for Muslims and an end to British colonial occupation. In 1946, th...
On the Elections 12 May 2013 | 02:24 am
I have an op-ed in NYT on the subject of elections and minority rights in Pakistan: On Saturday, Pakistanis will head to the polls to choose a new government; for the first time in 66 years, a democra...
Daisy Rockwell Answers 9 May 2013 | 09:58 pm
Our lapata is interviewed at CNN’s OutFront on her recent book and her “controversial” art: OutFront: Our last conversation got a lot of attention and really seemed to upset a lot of people. Why do yo...
On ideas of Indian citizenship 5 May 2013 | 06:24 am
Niraja Gopal Jayal, Citizenship and its Discontents: An Indian History, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. A version of this review essay appears in the May issue of the Caravan. My first ...
Where are you from? Or, how I became a Pakistani? 28 Apr 2013 | 04:57 pm
“What is your nationality?” “Canadian.” “You are Canadian?” “My passport says so.” “But where are you really from?” “You mean, where do I live?” “You don’t live in Canada?” “No.” “Oh, so where do you ...
The Idol in the Archive 9 Apr 2013 | 05:33 pm
a. Is a circumcision, for example, an exterior mark? Is it an archive? Let me begin at the beginning. My left eyebrow has a scar. It is jagged, and usually the droop of the eyebrow hides it from view....
Dubai Chalo 28 Mar 2013 | 02:35 pm
In The State, vol IV , I have a small bit of writing “The State Shall Remain Nameless” – which is a reading of the 1979 Punjabi movie Dubai Chalo!: In 1980, we went to Lahore for our annual visit and ...
“Scandalous Memoir” – Mahvish Khan’s My Guantánamo Diary – III 27 Mar 2013 | 03:26 pm
[This is the final installment of M. Neelika Jayawardane 's three-part essay on Mahvish Khan's memoir. A longer version will appear in an edited collection. Previously: I , II ] III Khan’s My Guan...
“Scandalous Memoir” – Mahvish Khan’s My Guantánamo Diary – II 20 Mar 2013 | 03:05 pm
[This is the second installment of M. Neelika Jayawardane 's three-part essay on Mahvish Khan's memoir. A longer version will appear in an edited collection. Previously: I ] II. Translating the Other...
“Scandalous Memoir” – Mahvish Khan’s My Guantánamo Diary – I 14 Mar 2013 | 04:07 pm
[This is the first part of M. Neelika Jayawardane 's three-part essay on Mahvish Khan's memoir. A longer version will appear in an edited collection.] Mahvish Rukhsana Khan ‘s memoir My Guantánamo D...
