A lot of my known fiction has also been criticised in those terms, iv been described as anti indian or anti hindu and so on and so forth. And my reaction has been, i suppose i can describe it in one word, ine indifference. It's utterly foolish to assume writers should uphold these narrow nationalistic dogmas whenever they put pen on paper. I feel like art in itself cannot become a bridge between people who are very strongly opposed to each other politically. That was never the purpose of art. If we come to have a more refined understanding of the people that we are opposed to politically, whell, then that's great. But that cannot be the primary purpose of
This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by renowned essayist and novelist, Pankaj Mishra, to discuss his new novel, Run and Hide. Together they discuss the meaning of art and the novel, the Tibetan landscape and the Himalayas, nostalgia, and wood-panelled train compartments.
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