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.
Pakistan: Introduction
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‘How do you persuade a thousand dogs to walk into a fire? How do you persuade them, as it were, to commit suttee?’
