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...role perfectly. She must be proud of what she has achieved, and that must have taken a lot of guts and hard work. She has been an inspiration to the nation and other peoples of the world. She beautifully embodies one of the West's greatest institutions. Syed Ali Musa Zaidi Rawalpindi, Pakistan Queen Elizabeth's fame transcends her dominion. In Africa, when you say the word queen, the first thing that comes to mind is Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Curiously, although most of the world is under the rule of elected people, and progressive thinkers have questioned the relevance...
...novel is written in an imaginative mix of English, Punjabi, Urdu, profanity, gangsta rap and mobile-phone texting. (As in, "Shudn't b callin us Pakis, innit, u dirrty gora.") Its multiculti flavor has led to Malkani being hailed in the celebrity-hungry British press as the next Monica Ali or Zadie Smith in a line of hot young "ethnic" writers. Could any first-time novelist live up to those expectations? Well, the more serious gora (white) critics won't b callin im gr8, but Malkani does tell a lively tale. He also captures the soul of a subculture that...
...found that white kids were now welcome," he says. "The beauty of the desi scene is that you don't have to have brown skin to be part of it." The growing acceptance of desi culture may widen Londonstani's audience, but Malkani chafes at comparisons with Monica Ali and Zadie Smith. "They're great writers," he says. "I was just trying to do a coming-of-age novel similar to the ones I read when I was growing up. You know, S.E. Hinton books like Rumble Fish and The Outsiders." Malkani is in search of a topic...
...With reporting by Rebaz Ali/ Arbil...
...don’t know much about political issues in the wider world, but there are women in Pakistan’s history that I respect very much. Fatima Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, and then Fatima Jinnah, the sister of the founding father of Pakistan [Muhammed Ali Jinnah], who helped him create my country. These two are personalities that inspire me.THC: You mentioned earlier the necessity of an internal drive for change. Could you speak a little bit more about this, and about what American college students could do to help?MM: These issues are also happening...