April 2025
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A Postcard from Princeton
A postcard from a visit to Princeton, admiring its curated elegance while arguing that the town is a gated community whose wealth underwrites academics’ ideals. The author also says anti-Asian…
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Sizdeh Bedar, Identity Whiplash & the Gandharan Delusion
After a break around Sizdeh Bedar, the author reflects on being a 1.5-generation migrant who is neither quite immigrant nor native. He also dismisses Pakistani claims to be the last…
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Capsule Review: The Return of Faraz Ali
A capsule review of Aamina Ahmed’s novel The Return of Faraz Ali, set between Lahore’s red-light area and the powerful around Yahya Khan’s martial law. The reviewer finds it well…
