Kamil Ahsan

has a doctorate in Biology from the University of Chicago, and is currently a doctoral student in History at Yale. He is also a journalist and writer whose work has appeared in Dissent, NPR, Los Angeles Review of Books, The American Prospect, The Millions, and others.

A Forgotten Urdu Epic Is Essential Reading for Understanding the Indian Political Situation

A Forgotten Urdu Epic Is Essential Reading for Understanding the Indian Political Situation A Forgotten Urdu Epic Is Essential Reading for Understanding the Indian Political Situation

Qurratulain Hyder’s newly reissued novel, River of Fire, looks at 2500 years of history to reveal how the subcontinent’s nationalist myths formed and why the region fractured.

Jul 22, 2019 / Kamil Ahsan

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