tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787452403096539100.post4560227351386062238..comments2023-05-21T11:14:58.464-04:00Comments on Sometimes I write, sometimes I am.: A Case of Exploding MangoesAnvita Lakherahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15279359587531655108noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787452403096539100.post-90668452747934302532011-11-19T14:36:06.205-05:002011-11-19T14:36:06.205-05:00Mohammed Hanif moved back to Pakistan after a deca...Mohammed Hanif moved back to Pakistan after a decade in London about the time this book was published. He was in the Pakistan Air Force Academy (which explains the details about the cadet's life in the book) before working as a journalist in Pakistan and London. <br /><br />He wrote an article in The Guardian on his move back home. It is worth a read:<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/07/mohammed-hanif-pakistan-homecoming<br /><br />Sometimes, especially when we lack a first hand view of a situation, we amplify the worst and disregard the rest.Anvita Lakherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279359587531655108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787452403096539100.post-3428306430158105112011-11-18T14:30:01.564-05:002011-11-18T14:30:01.564-05:00I was reading this book and kept wondering how the...I was reading this book and kept wondering how the author penned such an irreverent tale in light of what happened to Saleem Shahzad. On the back cover it was mentioned that the author lives in London and I thought aha! But then a few days later I saw in the newspaper that the author is now back in Pakistan and thought wow!leonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787452403096539100.post-9878373060329855572009-10-22T10:20:20.700-04:002009-10-22T10:20:20.700-04:00Thanks Mayank. Mr Hanif does give a much needed ne...Thanks Mayank. Mr Hanif does give a much needed new and fresh perspective to our subcontinent's jaded politics.Anvita Lakherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279359587531655108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787452403096539100.post-69962185248165316032009-10-22T10:01:00.543-04:002009-10-22T10:01:00.543-04:00wonderful book. and an equally wonderful review. a...wonderful book. and an equally wonderful review. also thanks for the link to the mohd hanif article, very interesting.mayanknoreply@blogger.com