in London, I am doing a talk with Indian novelist and journalist Nayantara Sahgal, Jawaharlal Nehru's niece. She was born in 1927 and as I head to the event I wonder what we can possibly have in common aside from dynasty and our dysfunctional families. I very quickly have to eat my sceptical thoughts. Sahgal is wonderful. I feel utterly superfluous on stage with her as she talks passionately and sensitively about her life and her writing. I resist the urge to mumble "ditto" after every one of her answers. We discuss jail, assassinations, the importance of critical journalism and our two countries' prospects for peace.from Fatima Bhutto: Financial Times: The Diary
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