The man from the mohalla
Financial Express Mumbai|November 19, 2023
FICTION WRITING IN English is on an all-time high in the subcontinent. Last year, Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, a haunting account of life during the civil war.
FAIZAL KHAN
The man from the mohalla

Another Sri Lankan, Anuk Arudpragasam, was on the shortlist for the Booker the year before with a stream of conscious monologue about, again the Lanka civil war, in A Passage North. Pakistani-origin British author Aamina Ahmad's first novel, The Return of Faraz Ali, is an addition to the powerful narratives of the social and political history of the subcontinent presented in English language literature.

Ahmad's first novel is set in Lahore, more specifically in Tibbi in the walled city. It begins in pre-Partition India in February 1943 as a boy is taken away from Tibbi's Shahi Mohalla, where he was born to a Kanjari single mother. Twenty-five years later, Faraz Ali, a policeman now, returns to the mohalla of his birth as a station house officer to bury the murder of a 12-year-old girl. It's Pakistan, ruled by General Ayub Khan, who has brought his country into the fold of America as its Cold War partner. But the city is witnessing demonstrations by the youth, who are inspired by politician Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

The Return of Faraz Ali

Aamina Ahmad Westland Books Pp 371, 3799

Esta historia es de la edición November 19, 2023 de Financial Express Mumbai.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

Esta historia es de la edición November 19, 2023 de Financial Express Mumbai.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE FINANCIAL EXPRESS MUMBAIVer todo
Financial Express Mumbai

Murdoch ally helps Ambani build media empire in India

SOHEE KIM PR SANJAI

time-read
3 minutos  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

Pandya, Dube & Rinku: Can they finish for India at T20 World Cup?

GOING INTO THE 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia Dinesh Karthik was assigned the finisher role and the batting lineup was built accordingly.

time-read
2 minutos  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

Nestle adds sugar to infant milk and cereal, finds report

A NEW REPORT has revealed that Nestle, the world's largest consumer goods and manufacturer of baby formula, is adding sugar to infant milk and cereal products sold in India, and other Asian, and African countries.

time-read
1 min  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

India-made Daimler's electric mini truck to hit the road soon

INDIA WILL BE host to German trucking giant Daimler's only electric vehicle plant outside of Europe and Japan when it launches a locally-made electric light cargo truck in FY25.

time-read
2 minutos  |
April 18, 2024
Samsung eyes ₹10,000 cr from India TV biz this year
Financial Express Mumbai

Samsung eyes ₹10,000 cr from India TV biz this year

SOUTH KOREAN GIANT Samsung is targeting a turnover of ₹10,000 crores for its television business in India this year, driven by growth in sales of its mid to-premium segment models, said Mohandeep Singh, senior VP, consumer electronics business in India.

time-read
1 min  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

Microsoft AI Copilot speed boost for coding

WHEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Nikolai Avteniev got his hands on a preview version of Microsoft's Copilot coding assistant in 2021, he quickly saw the potential.

time-read
1 min  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

US, China debt pose risks for global public finances: IMF

THE WORLD's TWO great economic rivals, China and the US, will drive much of the increase in global public debt over the next five years, with US spending creating trouble for many other countries by keeping interest rates high, officials at the International Monetary Fund said in a report.

time-read
1 min  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

Language models in consumer tech

This move is designed to ensure better user experience & privacy

time-read
2 minutos  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

'Data centres' energy use doubles every four years'

Data centres are significant energy consumers, using about 2% of the world's power and emitting carbon dioxide equivalent to the airline industry.

time-read
2 minutos  |
April 18, 2024
Financial Express Mumbai

Vi FPO: Foreign players invest big; about ₹5,400 crore raised

GQG, Fidelity buy almost 40% of the anchor investor portion

time-read
1 min  |
April 18, 2024