Click to play videoA group of Pakistani writers have captivated the world with their writing. Writer Nadeem Aslam in conversation with CNN-IBN talks about the need for moderate Islam to come centre stage and travelling to India post 26/11.
Nadeem Aslam: At the moment in the world, you could say that it is very easy to say that all Muslims are terrorists, we are done. I do not have to think anymore. Let's try something to exterminate them, you know. I mean that is a very strong thing to say but that is the language people are using. You hear people say things like let's nuke the Arab world, lets just drop a bomb on Pakistan, you know.
CNN-IBN: So would you say that it is more imperative for writers like you and the moderate Muslim voices to be heard?
Nadeem Aslam: Absolutely. That might explain why suddenly over the last four five years Pakistani writing seems to have come to the forefront. That is because Pakistan is in the news everyday. People not just in India, but even within Pakistan itself people wish to understand what is happening to us. One way of trying to understand that happens to be opening a story about it.
CNN-IBN: Were you not skeptical about it considering the way the atmosphere changed after the Mumbai attacks?
Nadeem Aslam: Not really. Whenever a Pakistani wishes to come to India, there are two competing emotions. The first is will they like me? The second one is like a child being taken into a fairy land. Because threat is what India is for us. Some of our earlier stories, especially the part of Pakistan that I come from, are Indian stories.
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