Fatima Bhutto on her new book, Asia’s cultural influence and why Shah Rukh Khan tops the charts | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Fatima Bhutto on her new book, Asia’s cultural influence and why Shah Rukh Khan tops the charts | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Surbhi Gupta |Updated: November 26, 2019 8:48:48 am

Fatima Bhutto on her new book, Asia’s cultural influence and why Shah Rukh Khan tops the charts

American pop culture is losing its relevance because of the betrayal of globalisation, says Bhutto.

Fatima Bhutto (Jessie Craig/Contour by Getty Image)

When author Fatima Bhutto visited Washington DC’s popular Politics and Prose bookstore last month, the South Asian visitors there could not stop talking about how good it feels to see someone from their land in the city. Some spoke about her Afghan lineage, while others shared memories of her grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former Pakistan prime minister; they even enquired if she would join politics.