“Readers have been so conditioned that they feel embarrassed to admit that they find it hard to stomach the work of a literary giant for fear it would betray their plebian taste. The fact is that a few read, and fewer enjoy, the novels of those who sit on the literary pedestal. We have allowed ourselves to be persuaded that a book with a story can't be quite in the same class as a book that leaves us to interpret what is unsaid.” ReadingNovelStoryModern Novel Book:A Carrot is a Carrot Source: A Carrot is a Carrot
“Listening to sublime music relieves you of thought; time comes to a stop; seconds, minutes, hours slide along into a continuum; you are suspended into an exalted world of disbelief.” Music Book:A Carrot is a Carrot Source: A Carrot is a Carrot
“There are very few sights more off-putting than a woman's hands with corrugated layers of nail polish.” BeautyStyleNail Polish Book:A Carrot is a Carrot Source: A Carrot is a Carrot
“The debate, throughout the eighties, was no longer about what we had inherited as our 'culture' or what, indeed, was the 'culture' we adhere to, but about how to root out the insidious 'foreign' (and therefore anti-Pakistan) elements which had crept in. Since it was feared that the slightest whiff from across the border would annihilate our 'ideology', the performing arts were confined to horse and cattle shows, and the fine arts, to calligraphy--at an official level that is.” PakistanPakistani Society Book:A Carrot is a Carrot Source: A Carrot is a Carrot