This book examines the factors contributing to state failure and asks whether the dual identities of Pakistan - created as a homeland for Indian Muslims and as the world's first modern Islamic state - are viable in today's world.

At the heart of this extraordinary novel lies the character of Kaukab, a wife and mother increasingly out of touch with those she loves most: her homeland, her husband and her three increasingly estranged and westernised children. Her faith in her religion and family is her only support. The disappearance of her brother-in-law Jugnu and his lover Chanda and their suspected murder forms the ...

A sack of letters lost in a train crash has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a small town in Pakistan are waiting anxiously to see what long-buried secrets will come to light. The author creates an exotic world, where traditional rituals of everyday life are played out against a backdrop of faraway civil wars and assassinations.

A guide to China for visitors, this book describes the best of shopping and travel in several of China's major destinations: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, the Yangtze River, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It covers everything from upmarket hotel shopping arcades and Mao's malls to traditional markets.