Daniyal Mueenuddin's changing Pakistan
Mar 15, 2026•41 min
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Episode description
This is Where the Serpent Lives from Pakistani-US writer Daniyal Mueenuddin, is an elegy to a changing Pakistan where contemporary life and technology jostles with feudal social hierarchy, privilege, corruption and ambition.
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