Watch an animation inspired by Granta’s Pakistan issue, which features writing by Nadeem Aslam, Mohsin Hamid, Daniyal Mueenuddi, Fatima Bhutto, Mohammed Hanif and Sarfraz Manzoor.
Watch an animation inspired by Granta’s Pakistan issue, which features writing by Nadeem Aslam, Mohsin Hamid, Daniyal Mueenuddi, Fatima Bhutto, Mohammed Hanif and Sarfraz Manzoor.
A conversation between Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota.
‘Though I have had dogs all my life, Coco is my first real companion.’
Fatima Bhutto on grief.
‘It might take only one soldier being shot across the Chinese–Indian border for war to begin. The howitzers, tanks, missiles and fighter jets are lined up, ready and waiting for action.’
Bina Shah on growing up in Pakistan. ‘Culture shock was what they called it in those days, but to me it felt like a kidnapping.’
‘Underneath the leaves that stack my upper lip / the reindeer do not share their love.’ Translated from the Korean by Jake Levine.
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