Haroon Khalid - Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF)

Bio

Haroon Khalid has an academic background in Anthropology and has been a travel writer and freelance journalist since 2008, traveling extensively around Pakistan, documenting historical and cultural heritage. He has written for several newspapers and magazines, including The News, Express Tribune, The Friday Times, Dawn, Scroll and Himal. His first book A White Trail: a journey into the heart of Pakistan’s religious minorities was published in 2013. His second book In Search of Shiva: a study of folk religious practices in Pakistan will be released in December, and his third book Walking with Nanak is scheduled to be released in April 2016. He is also an educationist and lives in Islamabad with his wife.