Ask the Author: Muhammad Ali Bandial
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Muhammad Ali Bandial
The freedom it gives to deep dive into issues and topics through stories that otherwise would be harder to digest or put across.
Muhammad Ali Bandial
It's a thriller, based on my experience working in the government and deals with themes of identity, love, family and redemption. The story takes place in the backdrop of a suicide blast at a shrine and the reverberations of the event which affect a normal family in Lahore. Funnily enough, this was the first book that I had started writing while working as a bureaucrat.
Muhammad Ali Bandial
Keep it simple. Be you, don't hold back and if it scares you, you're on the right path.
Muhammad Ali Bandial
I'm fascinated with people and the world within a world that each person carries with them. Writing about the human element in mundane everyday narratives and how the internal terrain of the mind maps out our external lives is what intrigues me and compels me to write.
Muhammad Ali Bandial
The idea had been in my head for a while. But the topic was so close to my heart that I was afraid of heavy-handedness on my part, so I let it simmer inside for a few years. It was during the pandemic induced lockdown that I finally sat down and opened the floodgates. And then it really poured!
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