The Paradise of Food by Khalid Jawed5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "But to describe the novel in its plot is to do its originality no justice. The author also parallelly portrays how, during this time, India and the Islamic culture have hardened and become increasingly intolerant. This is his story over the years, as the narrator struggles in order to find a place for himself- at home and in the outside world. Hafizuddin, fondly called Guddu Miyan, grows up in a middle-class joint Muslim family. ![]() Spanning over 50 years, 'The Paradise of Food' follows the story of the protagonist Hafizuddin Mohammad Babar, an orphan, as he transforms from boyhood to adulthood and old age. ![]() Food and sustenance make human life go, but they also corrupt human life," reads the book's introduction. "In 'Ne’mat Khana', his novel published in Urdu, Khalid Jawed investigates the disease and squalor of domestic existence through the metaphor of the kitchen or the pantry. Bringing his work to a wider audience, the book was translated from Urdu to English by Baran Farooqi and published as 'The Paradise of Food' earlier in 2022. One of the leading Urdu novelists today, Khalid Jawed wrote 'Ne’mat Khana' in 2014. ![]()
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