Fawad Zakariya
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” - Jorge Luis Borges |
| Interests | Books of all kinds, World Politics, Western and South Asian Cultural History, Hindustani Classical Music, American Constitutional law, Cities and what makes them tick (particularly New York, Lahore & Delhi) |
| Favorite movies | The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Annie Hall, Hannah & her Sisters, Cinema Paradiso, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Boyhood; Shatranj ke Khilari, Mandi, Masoom |
| Favorite music | Hindustani Classical & semi-classical (Khayal, Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal); Indian Film Music, Jazz, Opera |
| Favorite books | Fiction (English): The Emigrants, Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald); Istanbul (Orhan Pamuk); Daddyji (Ved Mehta); A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry); In the Light of what we Know (Zia Haider Rahman); Netherland (Joseph O'Neill); Open City (Teju Cole); Fiction (Urdu): Umrao Jan Ada (Mirza Ruswa); Kaar-e-JahaN Daraz Hai (Qurratulain Hyder); Ka'ee Chaand Thhe Sar-e-AasmaN (Shamsur Rehman Farooqi); Afsanay by Prem Chand, Ismat Chughtai, Manto, Ghulam Abbas An on and on........ |