Rehan Tabassum has grown up in a world of privilege in Delhi. His mother is a self-made lawyer and her new husband a wealthy industrialist. But there is a marked absence in Rehan's life: his father, Sahil Tabassum, who remains a powerful shadow across the border in Pakistan. This story follows Rehan's attempts to negotiate this loss. Aatish Taseer was born in 1980. He is the author of Stranger to History: a Son's Journey through Islamic Lands (2009) and The Temple-Goers (2010), which was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. He lives between London and Delhi.
