Samosa Exclusives
Pakistan and Domestic Violence
By Hera Hussain
August 21 2013
Chayn is Pakistan’s first global volunteer-led crowdsourced website that informs and supports women facing domestic violence. Eighty …
The Glue: Smell of Death
By Usman Shahid
May 31 2013
Minar-e-Pakistan is an example of enlightened Pakistan. This is the place where the Muslims of the …
China‘s Dreaming
By Melanie Yap
May 23 2013
At China’s National People’s Congress earlier this year, China’s new leader Xi Jinping outlined his vision for …
British Asian Culture
By Henna Butt
May 23 2013
Last week The Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House brought us this panel discussion featuring …
Novel Short Stories
By Janice Pariat
May 14 2013
If short stories are, as Alice Munro describes them, “worlds seen in a quick, glancing light” …
Women and the Islamic World
By Andrew Hammond
May 1 2013
This spring The Samosa will be covering many of the fantastic literary events that have been …
Tamasha Theatre presents The Arrival
By Andrew Hammond
April 22 2013
Tamasha Theatre’s latest offering is an utterly mesmerising and engaging portal onto what it means to …
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
By Melanie Yap
April 12 2013
‘Rich people fight about stupid things. Why shouldn’t poor people do the same?’ observes Rambha Jha, …
Pakistan’s Ancient Relics
By Mahnaz Nadeem
March 21 2013
I wonder how many people are aware that there is a piece of Ancient Pakistan on public …