Social and Political Aspects in The Blind Men’s Garden and The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Abstract
The representation of social, political realities of contemporary world along with the impact of terrorism in
The Blind Men’s Garden and The Reluctant Fundamentalist respectively works of two Pakistani origin
authors Nadeem Aslam and Mohsin Hamid have its similarity and contrast. Since the story of both the
novels has Pakistani man as a protagonist, this paper will compare the treatment of the Pakistan civic under
the various social political events and study how 9/11 remains the one of most powerful event which
affected and shaped novels and writing of both authors.
Hence forth, following codes will be used for the works The Blind Men’s Garden (TBG) The Reluctant
Fundamentalist (TRF)
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