Re: Karachi Literature Festival
How ironic is that? On one hand you have this great festival that celebrates freedom, peace, knowledge and vigour through literature, and on another, you have MQM the vicious mafia party keeping the City on standstill, pushing her further into darknessm, sucking the life out of her. People like me are left thinking - which story do you believe? Which Karachi should you see and trust - the lively, colourful and unstoppable City celebrated in KLF or the one that’s helpless, weak, repressed and chronically abused captive of MQM? The lines between reality and fiction couldn’t be any more obvious.
Anyway, getting back to discussing books. Since I am one those people who don’t mind judging the book by it’s cover, why do I feel, most of Pakistani authors write depressing novels? I have read some seriously depressing non fiction, but God knows I cannot read depressing books.