Husband Of A Fanatic: A Personal Journey Through India, Pakistan, Love, And Hate

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In the summer of 1999, while India and Pakistan were engaged in a war, Amitava Kumar-a Hindu Indian writer living and teaching in the United States-married a Pakistani Muslim woman. That event led to a process of discovery that prompted Kumar to examine the hatreds and intimacies joining Indians and Pakistanis, Hindus and Muslims, fundamentalists and secularists, writers and rioters. Employing elegant and spare prose, Husband of a Fanatic is a fiercely personal reflection on the idea of the enemy.

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A brilliant illustration of Kumar's skills.

Author Bio

Amitava Kumar is Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Passport Photos and Bombay-London-New York, the editor of several anthologies, including Away: The Indian Writer as an Expatriate, and co-edits the web-journal Politics and Culture. His academic, non-fiction and poetic writing has appeared in The Nation, Harper's, New Statesman, Transition, American Prospect, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Critical Inquiry, Kenyon Review, Amerasia Journal, Colorlines, Frontline, India Today, The Hindu, The Times of India, and a variety of other venues. Kumar is the scriptwriter and narrator of the prize-winning documentary film, Pure Chutney, and the winner of the Asian Age Award for short fiction.