The author revisiting the Mangla Dam mural | Image from the book
To pick the right book on Sadequain the highly inventive Pakistani modern artist, poet and calligrapher that complements a reader’s interests, is no easy decision. Previously, art historical scholarship on Sadequain’s art practice in the 2010 book Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia by art historian Iftikhar Dadi and 2015’s Sadequain and the Culture of Enlightenment by late art critic Akbar Naqvi focused on Islamic art and Urdu literary traditions respectively, while several tomes that reproduce striking visuals and information have been published by the United States-based Sadequain Foundation.