Omair Ahmad

Omair Ahmad received his early education at international schools in Saudi Arabia and in India. Omair Ahmad studied at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Syracuse University, New York. He has worked at the Central & South Asia Division of the Voice of America, as Political Adviser at the British High Commission in New Delhi. He is an author of political essays and a consultant to RGB Films.

Works

• Encounters {2006}

Encounters

Encounters is a novel set in the 1990s. The friendship of two young men in a small town in Uttar Pradesh falls victim to political unrest. The story is told by Rahman after the death of his childhood companion, Saleem, in an altercation with the police. Sorting through his memories of their years growing up, Rahman attempts to make sense of the way politicians turn the law into a tool to divide people and wonders whether he should follow his friend down the often violent road to radicalism.