Nudrat Kamal is a PhD candidate of Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she taught comparative literature and writing in Karachi. Her research and teaching focuses on South Asian literatures in Urdu, Hindi and English, particularly in the intersections of literary and print history, science fiction studies, gender and sexuality studies, and environmental humanities. Her writings on literature, film and television, and culture have been published in Dawn, The Express Tribune, and Newsline.
Oct 26, 2026
How the geopolitical order transformed the spy novel into a genre shaped by national anxieties, and the shifting boundaries of loyalty, secrecy, and belonging
Aug 29, 2026
With its almost fantastical sleuths, wily criminals and neverending plot twists, the pulpy Urdu and Hindi detective novel is a now-established genre with a fascinating origin story and some surprising early admirers in the Urdu literary canon
Jul 14, 2026
The daily horrors that animate the interior lives of women find themselves externalised as the uncanny
Jun 17, 2026
Leftist intellectuals and the creator of Ainak Wala Jin have more in common than we may assume