Reviews, Interviews, photographs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
0: Shehla Rashid, Srinagar Ver detalle |
1: Anuradha Goyal, Hyderabad Ver detalle |
2: Sabbah Haji, Breswana Ver detalle |
3: Vivek Tejuja, New Delhi Ver detalle |
4: Sanjay V, New Delhi Ver detalle |
5: Atul Kumar Thakur, New Delhi Ver detalle |
6: Sameer Bhat, Srinagar Ver detalle |
7: Sanjay Kumar, New Delhi Ver detalle |
8: Mehreen Kasana, Lahore Ver detalle |
9: Interview with the NYT Ver detalle |
10: Q&A with Deccan Herald Ver detalle |
11: Q&A with The Asian Age. Ver detalle |
12: Q&A with the Hungry Reader Ver detalle |
13: Featured in the Bangalore Mirror Ver detalle |
14: SPOTTED Ver detalle |
15: SPOTTED in KASHMIR Ver detalle |
16: SPOTTED in Dhaka Ver detalle |
17: SPOTTED: in Kashmir Ver detalle |
18: SPOTTED: in Lahore Ver detalle |
19: Graphic: Islamophobia Ver detalle |
20: Placemark 21 Ver detalle |
21: Placemark 22 Ver detalle |
At first, Azad Essa comes across as an Islamophobic, Hijabophobic, Jew-lover but if you somehow manage not to put the book down after page number 4, you’re in for an exciting journey. Read more.
What I really appreciated is the authors wit and his analogies, an uncanny ability to relate things from entirely different worlds . Read more
As a young Muslim woman, completely wrapped in the cocoon of ideal, romanticised, perfect Islam, and whining about how, 'No, no, this is not what Islam really is,' this read has been a refreshing smack in the jowls. Read more
Witty, wicked and satirical, the book is a sharp insight from a writer looking for self-identity in a world where despite blurred borders, remains an environment of hostility, suspicion and unwelcome sentiments. Read more.
Being an Al Jazeera journalist, author has used his travelling experiences quite energetically throughout his book-the flow of his opinion on diverse themes, from Arab spring to the cricket world cup of 2011 is quite fascinating and informed. Read more.
Make no mistakes ‘The Moslems are coming’ shoots straight arrows. In the interpolation to the vexed Kashmir problem, something that has intellectuals and policy-makers confounded since the start of mankind, Azad waxes eloquent. Read more
It’s an attempt to tell the world that we should be able laugh at ourselves without being afraid of losing our identity. The book is, in essence, a call for us to save satire. Read more
Q&A in the New York Times on the Moslems are coming. Read more
Writers block and other pretentious sports. A conversation with the Deccan Chronicle. Read more
Of harems, books and dangerous books. A conversation with the Asian Age. Read more
The title, the cover, and literary influence. A conversation with Vivek and the Hungry Reader. Read more.
On jihad, clarity and holy bigots. Moslems featured in the Bangalore Mirror. Read more.
Thoroughly enjoyable, this book is not only a must-read but is an essential element on the reader's rack. Read more