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When People Talk About The Death Of The Novel, They Are Speaking Of The Need For The Birth Of Something Different.

Growing Up In Pakistan In The 1980s, I Lived In The Shadow Of A Tyrannical State.

I Think There's Really Strong Social Stratification In South Asia.

If The Dominant Political Expression That We're Seeing Right Now Is Of Nostalgia And We Know That Nostalgia Won't Really Work Out, What Happens Is, We Become Depressed As Individuals And Societies - When We're Depressed, We're Much More Vulnerable To Be Taken Advantage Of By Demagogues And Xenophobes.

My Dad Had This Outlook: It Doesn't Matter What I Want To Read - Reading Was A Good Thing. So Whatever I Was Curious About They'd Get For Me From The Library. Books Were A Kind Of A Resistance To Reality. I Liked To Imagine Worlds That Were Different. I Still Do.