'Esbaat' is a book series coming out from Mumbai (India) for the last fifteen years, whose fame is echoing in the literary circles of India and Pakistan. All-important writers and critics of Indo-Pak have acknowledged the literary analysis and potential of this book series.In the eyes of popular Urdu writers & critics, 'Esbaat' is a series of the highest literature, no issue of it can be seen by disconnecting it from another issue. It is actually a Grand Narrative of the great scholarly and literary mind of its editor Ashar Najmi. According to renowned critic Shamsur Rehman Farooqi, 'Esbaat' is the only surviving Urdu magazine that has its editor's imprint on every page.This issue also includes a translation of a complete novel by Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare and translations of six short stories by Italian writer Italo Calvino. Apart from critical essays by critics on contemporary literary issues, the editorial also poses some important questions to the concerns of contemporary Urdu fiction. Also this issue includes works by senior Urdu writers as well as many works by the new generation, which gives an idea of the current trends in Urdu literature.