Tariq Rahman

Nov 12, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Rahman

The book under review is an ambitious attempt to write about the geographical area now known as Pakistan from the ancient civilizations of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro till the present day. Such histories of the Longue Durée are difficult to write, since there is much to be compressed and the problem of the historian is more about what to leave out than what to include.

Oct 5, 2024 | thenews.com.pk | Tariq Rahman

esearch requires two things: time and money. If there is personal motivation, then it becomes a passion, as was in my case. But even if that is lacking, one still requires the other two. I had a PhD on EM Forster but had decided to do something new—write the first history of Pakistani literature in English. It was my hobby. How I wrote this book will tell you much about how research was done in my kind of subjects in the 1980s. So, here is the story.

Sep 25, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Tariq Rahman

Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times. Click here for the fifth part In the summer of 1983, I got a bursary to travel to the United States to read the manuscripts of the novels of E.M. Forster. While most of the manuscripts were at Cambridge where I had read them, some had been bought by the Humanities Research Centre at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jul 10, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Tariq Rahman |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel

Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times. Click here for the fourth partAmong the less frequent visitors were Soomro Sahib and some other people whose names I have forgotten. People came from Pakistan and joined us and one of them was Naveed Sahib whose major boast was that he was a ladies’ man par excellence. I also made friends with a Bangladeshi student, Raihan who was also married and his wife, Yasmin, also came to visit us.

Jun 28, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Nilofer Qazi |Tariq Rahman |Murad Yusufzai

I’ve just returned from a trip to Spain and Sweden. Summer holidays are a break from one’s daily routine and grind for some, but for Pakistanis with the privilege of being able to travel, it is a reminder of how unwell our country is. Travelling has been part of my life since I was born, but I have craved a ‘return to home’ no matter where we were. Of late, returning home induces increased anxiety manifesting physical and emotional turmoil. Pakistan makes me tense.