The World In My Hands, a novel written by K Anis Ahmed, publisher of the Bengal Lights literary journal, was launched yesterday.
The novel, published by Random House India, is Ahmed’s second book.
The World In My Hands is a political satire chronicling the fate of two friends who find their bonds bitterly tested when they are caught on opposite sides of a crisis that upends their country’s social order.
Released in South Asia (and worldwide as e-book) by publishing giant Random House’s Asian subsidiary, the book has already garnered high praise. Fellow Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam, author of The Good Muslim, describes it as darkly funny, heralding Ahmed as a strong new voice in English writing from Bangladesh. Noted Indian politician and author Shashi Tharoor describes the novel as a poignant and insightful page-turner.
Discussing the issues brought up in his book, which has a fictional setting, Ahmed said, “Our culture of rhetoric and debate needs more maturation. We go too quickly and easily to ad hominem attacks.
