Raj Kamal Jha’s fourth novel, She Will Build Him A City is about the lives in one of Asia’s most vibrant spaces — India — specifically its capital city and the hybrid expansion of cosmopolitanism in its capital regions. Jha, who has earlier experimented with the subtlety of surrealism in his previous, refreshingly original novels, […]
Another way to look at Pakistan
Mohsin Hamid’s novels have shown his perfect mastery over complex themes like life, art, politics and the war on terror. This naturally makes him one of the most formidable chroniclers of Pakistan where real life situations are not devoid of the softness of art and music and, of course, bitterness from politics and terror. Mohsin […]