Sunday, 3 March 2013

LAHORE LITERARY FESTIVAL: Satire and resistance in literature

Like all literary panels titled so vaguely, the definition of the theme of ‘Satire’ took up several minutes. But fortunately, that debate didn’t occur until the end of the session, near and during the Q&A. William Dalrymple, the popular historian and veteran festival moderator, made sure that the debate never diminished into that fearsomely unproductive space.

The panellists were all well chosen for their works. Mohammed Hanif, Moni Mohsin, Shehan Karunatilaka and Shazaf

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