Writings and Talks
Writings, talks, and interviews on politics
Talks on literature, modernity, cities, and culture
- Talk on cities, with an introduction by Will Self :
- The Problem of Modernity :
- On ‘Possible, not Alternative, Histories’, from the symposium on ‘Reassessments’, part of the ‘literary activism’ series :
- ‘Storytelling and Forgetfulness’, from the symposium, ‘Against Storytelling’, part of the ‘literary activism’ series :
- In conversation with Anil Dharker about ‘Friend of My Youth’ :
- In conversation with Muneeza Shamsie about writing at the Karachi Literature Festival :
- In conversation with Muneeza Shamsie about writing at the Karachi Literature Festival :
- Extract in Granta from Friend of My Youth :
- Excerpt from The Art of the Khayal, Private recordings of North Indian classical vocal music, 1988-89 :
- Excerpt from The Art of the Khayal, Private recordings of North Indian classical vocal music, 1988-89 :
- Performance of khayal in raga Multani at the Karachi Literature Festival :
- The Moment: a column for the Paris Review Daily :