talking of brilliant young writers from pakistan, a brilliant short story by daniyal mueenuddin – it captures the split in pakistani society with such precision, such charm:
The butler, knowing that Husna served the old Begum Harouni in an indefinite capacity, somewhere between maidservant and companion, did not seat her in the living room. Instead, he put her in the office of the secretary, Shah Sahib, who every afternoon took down in shorthand a few pages of Mr. Harouni’s memoirs, cautiously titled “Perhaps This Happened.”
complete short story here.