by Erika Kinetz 

Manav Sachdeva, 27, who was born in Ludhiana, in northern India, arrived in Afghanistan last spring, jobless, after completing a master's degree in international affairs at Columbia University. He hoped to find a job, but he dreamed about opening a poetry café and world library in Kabul...

 

by Mahesh Sharma 

Exploring themes like love and struggle to overcome the barrier of nationality, class and creed, the author describes the book as 'handbook for those who care to love'. The book was written when the poet was in Kabul. 

by Katherine Pisana

I still don’t understand my connection with books tied to anniversaries of the births and deaths of their influential characters. The Sufi’s Garland is yet another piece of my perplexing puzzle.  

by Srirekha Chakravarty 

The book as Maasoom himself describes “is a handbook for those who care to love.” Contrary to the popular perception he claims that Afghanistan must be seen as a land of love not as a land of terror. It is the land where “poetry still lives and can be used” he says.