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Taha Kehar

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Karachi, Pakistan

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Taha Kehar is a novelist, journalist and literary critic. A law graduate from SOAS, London, Kehar is the author of three novels, No Funeral for Nazia (Neem Tree Press, 2023), Typically Tanya (HarperCollins India, 2018) and Of Rift and Rivalry (Palimpsest Publishers, 2014). He is the co-editor of The Stained-Glass Window: Stories of the Pandemic from Pakistan. Kehar has served as the head of The Express Tribune’s Peshawar city pages and bi-monthly books page, and worked as an assistant editor on the op-ed desk at The News. Kehar’s essays, reviews and commentaries have been published in The News on Sunday, The Hindu and South Asia magazine and his short fiction has appeared in the Delhi-based quarterly The Equator Line, the biannual journal P ...more

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	No Funeral for Nazia 3.32 avg rating — 226 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Typically Tanya 3.34 avg rating — 204 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stained-Glass Window - Stories of the Pandemic from Pakistan by Sana Munir (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Taha Kehar (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Karachi - Volume I 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing words with fire 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Rift and Rivalry 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolution's Child it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Story Circle: Letters on Creativity & Friendship by Fatima Ijaz, Taha Kehar (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The jokes we tell or laugh at subsume our deepest vulnerabilities. We often struggle to comprehend the sheer intensity of some experiences. Our mind – that cruel beast – tries to soften the blow by teaching us to laugh at things that trouble us the most. Dark humor intrigues me because it originates from pain, irrespective of whether it's conscious or unrealized.”
― Taha Kehar, Story Circle: Letters on Creativity & Friendship

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“I told a friend about these letters, about how you and I don’t discuss mundane concerns in these notes, but instead explore our creative and intellectual interests. He seemed intrigued and mentioned that it was a good strategy to escape our routine.
Rest assured, I don’t see these letters as an ‘escape’. (A rather poor choice of words, don’t you think?) They give me a chance to express myself. If that’s a form of escapism, I suppose we’re living in a strange world.”
― Taha Kehar, Story Circle: Letters on Creativity & Friendship

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“In an earlier note, you mentioned I was your superior when it comes to grief. I find it difficult to accept that a hierarchy exists in these matters. All of us are mourning some loss. How can anyone claim ownership over grief when it is a collective burden to bear?”
― Taha Kehar, Story Circle: Letters on Creativity & Friendship

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