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Excerpts:įor the English readers Ne’mat Khana and its intense plot with your powerful imagination is new. We talk to the author whose other notable works includes Aakhiri Dawat and Maut Ki Kitaab. Jawed, whose first writing was published when he was eight-years-old, looks at the characters and situations from a different perspective and this novel redefines kitchen and food and presents a true picture of a middle-class milieu. The professor of Jamia Milia Islamia is unassuming and he might appear to be a man of few words but it’s just the contrary when he sits to talk about his books and beliefs. Among the contenders was also Geetanjali Shree who won the Booker Prize for her novel Tomb of Sand. He was accompanied by Baran Farooqi, who has translated his 2014 Urdu novel Ne’mat Khana to The Paradise of Food in English that was declared the winner of the prize late last month. We first met Khalid Jawed during the announcement of the Shortlist of The JCB Prize for Literature 2022 in the city in October. Khalid Jawed (second from left ) with Baran Farooqi at the finale of JCB Prize for Literature ^ "Micro review: 'The Paradise of Food' by Khalid Jawed"." 'The Paradise of Food' by Khalid Jawed, a kitchen cabinet of memories". "Review: The Paradise of Food by Khalid Jawed". " 'The Paradise of Food': Horror lurks in kitchen corners in Khalid Jawed's fiction of hostility". "Book Review: In 2022 JCB shortlisted translation of Khalid Jawed's Urdu classic 'The Paradise of Food', disgust follows delight". "Book Review | Crime and punishment lurk as accidents in the kitchen corner". "Khalid Jawed's The Paradise of Food, translated into English from Urdu by Baran Farooqi, wins the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature". " 'The Paradise of Food' Is a Sordid Saga of Onions and Garlic, Liver and Lungs, and Lust".
