Reporting Pakistan, Meena Menon
Reporting Pakistan, Meena Menon
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Reporting Pakistan

Author: Meena Menon

Narrator: Mary Joseph

Unabridged: 13 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/30/2018

Synopsis

Meena Menon was The Hindu's correspondent in Islamabad till she was expelled by the Pakistani authorities in May 2014. In spite of her truncated stay, and the restrictions placed on her movements, Menon managed to write on a range of subjects covering swathes of life in Islamabad. She spoke to people from the persecuted Ahmadi community, covered protests, interviewed victims of bomb blasts, spoke to Partition survivors, visited the sprawling, crowded Afghan refugee camp on the outskirts of the capital, wrote about the Murree Brewery, and described political events, including the high-treason trial of General Musharraf.

About The Author

Meena Menon is an independent journalist and former deputy editor of The Hindu. She has been a journalist since 1984, starting out in Bombay Magazine and has worked for the United News of India, Mid-Day, the Times of India and The Hindu. She was the chief of bureau of The Hindu, Mumbai, before being posted to Islamabad from August 2013 till May 2014, when she was expelled, and was later based in New Delhi as environment correspondent till March 2015. She is the author of Riots and After in Mumbai, Organic Cotton: Reinventing the Wheel, co-author of The Unseen Worker: On the Trail of the Girl Child, and the forthcoming A Frayed History: The Journey of Cotton in India.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vartika

Reporting Pakistan is an admirable account of Meena Menon's experiences and observations in Islamabad as a foreign correspondent for The Hindu in Pakistan. Written with the grit and balance of good journalism, the book offers interesting insight about politics and daily life in Pakistan that wer......more

Goodreads review by Suyashi

Reporting Pakistan is Meena Menon's experience while being stationed in Pakistan for a period of nine months between 2013 and 2014. This book is structured like pure reportage, which makes it fairly tedious to read. Menon gets across the problems and comforts of being an Indian, a woman, and a journ......more

Goodreads review by Yasir

Meena has done a great job. She talks about Pakistan with impressive credentials. Unlike Barkha Dutt who claims to be an expert on Pakistan, while knowing jack about that country, Meena really knows the pulse of this country. What I loved about this book is that she is very balanced in her views. Sh......more

Goodreads review by Sruthi

A riveting read for those who might want to visit the country and wouldn't get the chance to do so. I have been intrigued by the nation's culture, food, people and music. This book is rich with explanations and I only wish the writer got a longer reporting stint over there. Must recommend for people......more

Goodreads review by Anil

Hats off to Meena Menon. An absolutely absorbing book about Pakistan. The amount of information I got is unbelievable. She was in Pakistan for only 9 months in 2013-14 as a correspondent for Hindu newspaper before she was thrown out. She was restricted to only Islamabad with no travel allowed to any......more

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