Quotes by Aatish Taseer, The Way Things Were

“...if we were to associate the genius of a place with one particular thing the Russians with literature, say, or the Germans with music, the Dutch and Spanish with painting we would have to say t...”

“The lounge of the private terminal in Delhi. A place of beige leather sofas and cappuccinos, set deep in that world where a seeling modernity has yet to close over the land, and where in the empty ...”

“...if we were to associate the genius of a place with one particular thing – the Russians with literature, say, or the Germans with music, the Dutch and Spanish with painting – we would have to say...”