Landscapes of Writing Collected Essays of Bapsi Sidhwa

Foreword by Deepa Mehta – Author’s Preface – Editor’s Preface – Acknowledgements – Introduction: Bapsi Sidhwa’s Contributions to South Asian Literature – Part I. Life, Memories, and Writings – Why and How I Write – Linguistics: New English Creative Writing (A Pakistani Writer’s Perspective) – Lahore: Landscapes of My Writing – Reading and Writing: A Private Addiction – Truth and Fiction – The Television Boycott – Watching My Novel Become Deepa Mehta’s Film – Two-Way Culture Shock – A Puff of Air – Manna of the Angels: Parsi Cuisine – Journey to the Black Mountains – Part II. Political Thoughts: Essays on World Events – Letter to My Grandson – A Letter to
The Hindustan Times
: In Defense of Deepa Mehta’s
Water
– A Selective Memory for History – 2008 in Retrospect: The Most Momentous Year! – Crusades for the Modern Era – The Minorities and the Muse – Who Are the Taliban? – Threat of War Between India and Pakistan, Still a Reality – Bury the Hatchet for
Peace
Sake! – Appendix A – Appendix B – Index.