Updated On: 29 July, 2012 10:38 AM IST | | Kareena N Gianani
In his book, The Moslems Are Coming: Encounters With A Desktop Terrorist, Azad Essa satires everything under the sun ufffd Islamophobia, why terrorists are not as moronic as airport authorities would like to think and why India's 'modernity' is really very confusing, finds Kareena N Gianani
How did the term ‘desktop terrorist’ come about? What terrors have you committed in the book to earn you the tag?
I can’t remember where it came from, but I think it fits well. The book is about, amongst other things, a take on Muslim identity across the world and how it has been abused. It is a subversive assault on these abuses — from a desktop. Just as a terrorist wouldn’t use ordinary methods to fight — he employs vigilantism and guerilla warfare to attack — the book, too, uses humour and satire to bring forth my take on what’s happening around me.
