Abdullah Khan

ABDULLAH KHAN, a Mumbai-based screenwriter, novelist, literary critic, and banker,

has contributed to numerous South Asian, American, and British literary journals and newspapers including The Hindu, Brooklyn Rail, Wasafiri, Frontline, Outlook among others. His debut novel, Patna Blues, has been translated into 10 languages worldwide. His second novel, A Man from Motihari, was published in April 2023.

Latest from Abdullah Khan

The author introduces Falak Ara, a fictional daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar, as the central character of her novel.

From the depths of Shahjahanabad | Review of ‘A Firestorm in Paradise’, debut novel by historian Rana Safvi

Woman with hands up on the top of mountain. Vector illustration. Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA.

Escape to the mountains | Review of Namita Gokhale’s ‘Never Never Land’

Each dish, passed down through generations, held within it the cultural tapestry of Delhi.

Delicious Delhi

The socio-cultural landscape of Kerala is also explored in this book with references to myths and legends.

Review of The Dreams of a Mappila Girl — A Memoir: Growing up in a Mappila joint family in Kerala of the 1950s

A woman’s word: Abdullah Khan reviews ‘The Punch Magazine Anthology of New Writing’

Molly Gray investigates: Abdullah Khan reviews Nita Prose’s ‘The Maid’

A still from ‘Rajnigandha’

Luminous ladies: Abdullah Khan reviews ‘The Wise Woman and Other Stories’ by Mannu Bhandari, trs Vidya Pradhan

‘But You Don’t Look Like a Muslim’ review: The long shadow of Partition

Peace has Come by Parismita Singh reviewed by Abdullah Khan

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