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Naulakhi Kothi Pakistan Edition, Forthcoming in December 2026
William returns to Hindustan after eight long years in England as the newly appointed assistant commissioner of Jalalabad in pre-Partition Punjab. He dreams of returning to his ‘home’ in the idyllic Naulakhi Kothi, the titular bungalow built by his grandfather, but an irreversible turn of events awaits him, which changes not only his destiny, but that of the land forever.
Ali Akbar Natiq’s epic saga, Naulakhi Kothi, is an insightful portrayal of the zeitgeist of the times. The sweeping narrative begins in the years leading up to Partition and goes on till the eighties.
Picture Credit: Penguin India
Naulakhi Kothi Pakistan Edition, Forthcoming in December 2026
William returns to Hindustan after eight long years in England as the newly appointed assistant commissioner of Jalalabad in pre-Partition Punjab. He dreams of returning to his ‘home’ in the idyllic Naulakhi Kothi, the titular bungalow built by his grandfather, but an irreversible turn of events awaits him, which changes not only his destiny, but that of the land forever.
Ali Akbar Natiq’s epic saga, Naulakhi Kothi, is an insightful portrayal of the zeitgeist of the times. The sweeping narrative begins in the years leading up to Partition and goes on till the eighties.
Picture Credit: Oxford University Press, Cover design by Samya Arif
Picture Credit: Les Fugitives
Picture Credit: Oxford University Press, Cover design by Samya Arif
Picture Credit: Les Fugitives
Work in Anthologies
Selected Writings
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Essay
Translation as homecoming, Lucy Writers Platform
What is our own language then? Can a language belong to us even if we have never lived where it is spoken? Can our own language only be received or born into, or can it be chosen by volition? Can passion carve a trail where a bloodline is missing?
Naima Rashid is an author, poet and literary translator. Her work was longlisted for National Poetry Competition 2019 and Best Small Fictions 2022. Her published and forthcoming books include Sum of Worlds (Yoda Press, 2023-2024), Naulakhi Kothi (Penguin Random House India 2023), Chicanes (Les Fugitives, 2023) and Defiance of the Rose (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Her writings have been widely published in journals of repute, including Asymptote, The Scores, Wild Court, Poetry Birmingham, RIC Journal and Litro among others. She is a collaborator with the UK-based translation collective, Shadow Heroes, which teaches young people to embrace all aspects of their linguistic and cultural heritage.
Somehow, despite all this, she has managed to raise a young man who is allergic to poetry.