The fact that my name was also Sharmila Tagore’s “daak naam” added credence and so I was named.

Set in Pakistan and the UK, Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri is a collection of short stories which explores the lives of women crushed under the weight of the all-encompassing veil and those who feel sheltered by it. An excerpt from ‘The Adulteress’: The shrill ringing of the phone broke into her thoughts and she looked […]