About

Assalam-o-Alaikum, I'm Adnan Brohi

I started Ilim Darya — "the river of knowledge" — with a simple belief: books should be free, and they should be in the language you think in.

This website is my personal library and bookshop, open to everyone. Here you'll find free books to read and download in English, Sindhi and Urdu — history, novels, science, and exam preparation — plus a bookshop that delivers physical books across Pakistan with cash on delivery.

Why I built this

Growing up, I saw how hard it was to find good books — especially in Sindhi and Urdu. The great books of the world were locked behind paywalls or simply never translated. Ilim Darya is my answer: a river that carries knowledge to every reader, whatever language they read in.

My translation work

I'm also a translator. My proudest work so far is the complete Sindhi translation of Richard Dawkins' The Greatest Show on Earth — published here as ڌرتيءَ تي سڀ کان وڏو تماشو, the first science book in this library's Sindhi collection. You can read and download it free, like everything else here.

Get in touch

Have a book request? Found a mistake? Want to suggest a translation? I'd love to hear from you — visit the contact page or the request-a-book page.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you find something here that stays with you.

— Adnan