“Looney ka Tabadia (with apologies to Sa’adat Hassan Manto.”

Title“Looney ka Tabadia (with apologies to Sa’adat Hassan Manto.”
Year for Search2021
AuthorsShah, Bina(b. 1972)
Secondary AuthorsSaint, Tarun K.
Secondary Title The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2. With a Graphic Preface and Afterword by Manjula Padmanabhan
Pagination148-160
Date Published2021
PublisherHachette India
Place PublishedGurugram, India
ISBN Number978-93-91028-62-6
KeywordsFemale author, Pakistani author, US author
Annotation

While the story focuses on an exchange of prisoners at the border between India and Pakistan, it takes place some years after a peace treaty has brought peace and prosperity to the two countries. The Kashmir problem has been solved by turning into a privately owned theme park overseen jointly by both countries in which all Kashmiris are stockholders.

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Author Note

The Pakistani female author (b. 1972) was educated in the United States

Full Text

2021 Shah, Bina (b. 1972). “Looney ka Tabadia (with apologies to Sa’adat Hassan Manto).” The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2. With a Graphic Preface and Afterword by Manjula Padmanabhan. Ed. Tarun K. Saint (Gurugram, India: Hachette India, 2021), 148-150. CtW

While the story focuses on an exchange of prisoners at the border between India and Pakistan, it takes place some years after a peace treaty has brought peace and prosperity to the two countries. The Kashmir problem has been solved by turning into a privately owned theme park overseen jointly by both countries in which all Kashmiris are stockholders. The Pakistani female author was educated in the United States.