NEW RELEASES

PRINCES AND PAINTERS IN MUGHAL DELHI, 1707-1857 Edited by William Dalrymple and Yuthika Sharma; Yale

University Press Offshoot of an exhibition sponsored by Asia Society, this pictorial volume not only brings out the rich cultural panorama of Delhi and north India but highlights the relationship between late Mughal paintings and the early Raj works as well. Essays by, among others, William Dalrymple, Jean-marie Lafont and Malini Roy on the various phases and personalities of Mughal era are an additional delight of this illustrated book. THE OXFORD COMPANION TO PAKISTANI HISTORY

Edited by Ayesha Jalal;

Oxford (Karachi) This encyclopaedic volume, edited by one of the foremost scholars of Pakistan, covers every aspect of the country’s evolution beginning with the pre-partition colonial period. MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE AND GARDENS By George Michell and Amit Pasricha; The Shoestring Publisher Documents over 100 Mughal monuments and gardens in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. THE WAY IT WAS ONCE: FAIZ AHMED FAIZ: HIS LIFE, HIS POEMS Biography by Ali Madeeh Hashmi, Poems translated by Shoaib Hashmi;

Harpercollins Captures the spirit and flavour of the iconic Urdu poet’s verses.

MUMBAI NOIR

Edited by Altaf Tyrewala;

Harpercollins Stories that depict the shadowy side of the metropolis. IF THE ELEPHANT FLIES: INDIA CONFRONTS THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY

By Antonio Armellini;

Har-anand Aformer Italian ambassador to India on India Rising. NOCTURNAL MUSIC IN THE LAND OF THE SUFIS: UNHEARD PAKISTAN

By Jurgen Wasim Frembgen;

Oxford (Karachi) Afascinating journey into the world of mystic music in Pakistan.