Creating Community Redefining Values After Capitalist Programming

If you are someone who is working to build community during these times of devastation, check my "Creating Community" series on Substack. Here is the latest in the series:
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Review alert! ✍️ ‘Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing' by Amina Yaqin has been reviewed in the journal ‘Wasafiri’ by Hina Baloch. Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/49tpbmn3 @exeter.ac.uk @tandfresearch.bsky.social #UrduLiterature #ProgressiveWriters #FeministLiterature #AnthemPress

Rajinder Singh Bedi carried Lahore in his heart—its pain, poetry, and people—shaping the Urdu short story with quiet mastery.
By Dr. Shahid Siddiqui

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Rajinder Singh Bedi: From Shyam Gali, Lahore To Bombay Rajinder Singh Bedi’s life mirrors the cultural richness and ruptures of the subcontinent—shaped by Lahore, refined through Urdu fiction, scarred by Partition,

From the lanes of old Lahore to the heights of Urdu fiction, Rajinder Singh Bedi transformed ordinary lives into enduring literary art.
By Dr. Shahid Siddiqui

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Krishan Chander: From Mohani Road, Lahore, To Delhi Though many were writing at the time, Krishan Chander’s style stood apart—reading him felt like walking through garden paths where colourful buds burst into

Krishan Chander’s life journey from Kashmir to Lahore shaped a storyteller whose prose bloomed with humanity memory and revolutionary spirit.
By Dr. Shahid Siddiqui

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