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Aatish Taseer

Aatish Taseer is the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction. His new book, A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile, is forthcoming in 2025 by Catapult.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 171
Essays & Memoir | Issue 171

V.S. Naipaul: The Grief and the Glory

Aatish Taseer

‘To be taught by Naipaul would be an honour, but it also seemed to contain the risk of annihilation.’

Aatish Taseer on being mentored by V.S. Naipaul.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 137 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 137 padlock

The Interpreters: Among the Brahmins of Benares

Aatish Taseer

‘That first sight of the city curled around the river goes through me like the breath of something old and known and familiar.’ Aatish Taseer revisits Varanasi.

Fiction | Issue 137
Fiction | Issue 137

The Dog of Ṭeṭvāl

Saadat Hasan Manto

‘For some time now, the two sides had been entrenched in their positions on the front.’

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