Good write-up
Khademul Islam's interaction with Granta's editor (DS: 02 Sept) presented in "Literature, whatever that is" was enjoyed by this reader. We look forward to more such travel-styled writing in this vein! Should DS ever plan to send a "photo-writing" team for the "Shanghai - Tibet" rail journey it will be a fantastic first hand travelogue to be enjoyed!
However, there was a lacuna in the otherwise flawless flow of words. The abrupt arrival of Kim from New York, without any introduction whatsoever jarred me (being literary "illiterate"); or may be this is the new vogue in journalistic literature!