Bedtime Story by Kashif Choudhry
Kashif Choudhry is 28 and lives in Solihull. He spent parts of his childhood in Saudi Arabia before moving to the UK and fulfilling a life long ambition by qualifying as a doctor. He currently works...
View ArticleWhen I needed a Neighbour were you there?
It was supposed to be a joke. After so many years I bumped into my best friend from childhood, Kelly in the local launderette. We greeted each other with a big hug and wished each other a Happy New...
View ArticleJudgement Day
by Farah Ghuznavi I’m not crazy, you know, even if they’ve sent me to you for an assessment! My husband wants me committed to a Rest-and-Reprogramming facility “for self-protection”. For his own...
View ArticleThree Times Married
By Najma Yusufi Yasmeen Begum divorced her first husband for the better prospect of the second. He died. She then married again. The third marriage was still going because he had a title and hadn’t let...
View ArticleMy Senses and You – Sun Slimstone
“I…love…you”, and I loved you too. Your sound, a sweet voice, excited, so happy I’ve come around. Moans, groans and changing tones through a day, later arguing, shouting, swearing, the good times...
View ArticleAunty Safia – Naureen Amjad
Aunty Safia was Uncle Safdar’s wife and she talked to people in the air. This is how my mind sketched her first portrait in my childhood. Uncle Safdar was my father’s elder brother and lived with my...
View ArticleJaffrey to launch new curry title
Madhur Jaffrey will launch her new cook book, Curry Nation at the Bishopsgate Institute this month (October 17). In her only London event this year, the Queen of Curry will share stories about her...
View ArticleFarah Ghuznavi on new writing from Bangladesh
The Asian Writer speaks to Farah Ghuznavi, editor of Lifelines: New Writing from Bangladesh
View ArticleBidisha to serialise novel
Broadcaster and journalist announced yesterday (September 24) that she would be publishing her latest novel-length of new fiction online, over a period of six weeks starting today. Esha Ex tells the...
View ArticleBidisha
The Asian Writer caught up with Bidisha to find out more about her serialised novel, Esha Ex.
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