You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.
Mohsin HamidIslamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion.
Mohsin HamidWhen we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.
Mohsin HamidFor me, language is about the impossibility of communicating what we precisely wish to communicate and this gorgeous attempt that we make to do that anyway. I love that we will never say exactly what we mean, but we will forever keep trying.
Mohsin Hamid