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South Asians made up of hundreds of identities, we must protect all of them: Fatima Bhutto

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 9 May 2019 (Press Trust of India): Acclaimed Pakistani author Fatima Bhutto, who believes the way to combat fundamentalists is to celebrate the co-existence of more than one culture, says South Asians are made up of hundreds of identities and we must fight to protect all of them.

The 36-year-old granddaughter of the late Pakistan prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who delivered the closing address at the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival, speaks to PTI about her latest book “The Runaways”, what drives young people to become radicals, how the violence in Pakistan during her growing up years taught her to be brave and the west’s accountability in the “explosive radicalism” of today.

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