BOOK REVIEW: “After The Rain”: Short Stories for the SAARC Region
Thanks to Ayesha Zee Khan for the Review Copy Published in Daily Times / Saturday, December 08, 2012 Also appeared in Google Books Section Reviewed by : Afrah Jamal Compiled by : Ayesha Zee Khan After the Rain is a compilation of short stories that pans over the SAARC region striving to bring a cross section of voices suited for its literary experiment into the fold. The collection houses five writers and ten entries. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is not coincidental since these offerings rely on personalised snapshots to project their exotic vision onto a fresh new canvas. Budding authors and established names come together from Nepal, Maldives and Pakistan to showcase their range and the region’s rustic charm. This impromptu gathering of ‘the chosen ones’ boasts of names like Ibrahim Waheed ‘Ogaru’, the ‘writer-artist’ from the Maldives; Pushpa R Acharya from Nepal; Arbab Daud and Kiran Bashir Ahmad from Pakistan. Ayesha Zee Khan , the winner of the SAAR...