Oxford University Press to organize a talk by Fahmida Riaz her book Hum Loag which is a collection of her three novels: Godavari, Zinda Bahar Lane, and Karachi

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KARACHI: Oxford University Press is organizing a talk by Fahmida Riaz on her book Hum Loag which is a collection of her three novels: Godavari, Zinda Bahar Lane, and Karachi. These stories deal with the nature of political violence in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Fahmida Riaz talks of her experience of exile in alien lands and about the internal exile that she underwent in her own land when her political beliefs and sensibilities made her unacceptable for an authoritarian regime. Fahmida Riaz is regarded among the front rank of writers and poets of Urdu. Respected and admired for her originality, her aesthetic excellence, and her candour, she has opened new vistas in Urdu literature. The talk will be held on Wednesday 30 April 2014, at the Oxford Bookshop, Khalid bin Waleed Road, Karachi, from 6 to 7 p.m.

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