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Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. You must answer in your own words.                                                                                                      Suggest a suitable title for the passage.                        Why is it nearly impossible to write about Pakistan without making it a political statement? Answer in your own words.      Does a simultaneous contact with Pakistan and the West enable or disable overseas Pakistani writers? Give your own opinion and provide a reason for your answer.                                                  What enables Pakistani writers living overseas to delay stereotypical image of Pakistani through their writings? Discuss overseas Pakistani writers’ role as cultural intermediaries in your own words.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. You must answer in your own words.                                                                                                      Suggest a suitable title for the passage.                        Why is it nearly impossible to write about Pakistan without making it a political statement? Answer in your own words.      Does a simultaneous contact with Pakistan and the West enable or disable overseas Pakistani writers? Give your own opinion and provide a reason for your answer.                                                  What enables Pakistani writers living overseas to delay stereotypical image of Pakistani through their writings? Discuss overseas Pakistani writers’ role as cultural intermediaries in your own words.

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 Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. You must answer in your own words.                                                                                                     

  1. Suggest a suitable title for the passage.                       
  2. Why is it nearly impossible to write about Pakistan without making it a political statement? Answer in your own words.     
  3. Does a simultaneous contact with Pakistan and the West enable or disable overseas Pakistani writers? Give your own opinion and provide a reason for your answer.                                                 
  4. What enables Pakistani writers living overseas to delay stereotypical image of Pakistani through their writings?
  5. Discuss overseas Pakistani writers’ role as cultural intermediaries in your own words.
As a result of the geopolitical position Pakistan has come to acquire in the contemporary world, especially post-9/11, it has become virtually impossible to write about Pakistan without making it a political statement. Most Pakistani writers of English fiction seem to be knowing of the political undertakings of their writings, while others insist that their writings are not overtly political. Most Pakistani English fiction writers continue to shuttle between Pakistan – the country of their birth – and their adopted homes in regions like North America and the UK. This continuous to- ing and fro-ing between Pakistan and the West enable these writers to have a world| view, which is at once cosmopolitan and Pakistani. Travelling between Pakistan and the West has also equipped Pakistani writers to look at how Pakistan is stereotyped in the West and also how the West is stereotyped in Pakistan and why is it important to undo these stereotypical and formulaic representations of both. Additionally, these writers are also acting as cultural intermediaries, not only bridging the vast gap between the East and the West but also ensuring a healthy exchange of culturally diverse elements, thus ensuring cultural assimilation.
Transcribed Image Text:As a result of the geopolitical position Pakistan has come to acquire in the contemporary world, especially post-9/11, it has become virtually impossible to write about Pakistan without making it a political statement. Most Pakistani writers of English fiction seem to be knowing of the political undertakings of their writings, while others insist that their writings are not overtly political. Most Pakistani English fiction writers continue to shuttle between Pakistan – the country of their birth – and their adopted homes in regions like North America and the UK. This continuous to- ing and fro-ing between Pakistan and the West enable these writers to have a world| view, which is at once cosmopolitan and Pakistani. Travelling between Pakistan and the West has also equipped Pakistani writers to look at how Pakistan is stereotyped in the West and also how the West is stereotyped in Pakistan and why is it important to undo these stereotypical and formulaic representations of both. Additionally, these writers are also acting as cultural intermediaries, not only bridging the vast gap between the East and the West but also ensuring a healthy exchange of culturally diverse elements, thus ensuring cultural assimilation.
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