anamika@khaleejtimes.com Filed on January 21, 2021
In an interview, Khan, instructor of social research and public policy at New York University Abu Dhabi, talks about the themes at the centre of the novel.
What makes women ‘troublemakers’ is it their aspirations or their desire to break free from societal norms? Pakistani writer Saba Karim Khan’s debut novel Skyfall poignantly weaves in these questions as it sets out to tell the story of Rania, who is born in Lahore’s Heera Mandi district. It’s not until an Indian filmmaker enters her life that she heeds to her calling music. In an interview, Khan, instructor of social research and public policy at New York University Abu Dhabi, talks about the themes at the centre of the novel.