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Welcome to Paperback by The Open Library Project- Ep. 31

We have as our guest today, Abbas Momin who is a Stand-up Comedian and also a Producer at IVM Podcasts.

In the first half of the episode we discuss Maximum City by Suketu Mehta. We talk about Mumbai as a city of contradictions, its power-politics and the place for the dreamers in the city.

In the second half we discuss Born A Crime by Trevor Noah, The First Muslim by Lesley Hazleton, Hello, Bastar by Rahul Pandita and A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho.

Abbas discusses the role of humour in narrating the life of a black comedian growing up during apartheid, biography of Prophet Muhammad, political books, perspectives of Naxalite movement and the world of wrestling among other things.

You can follow Abbas Momin on his instagram handle @abbasmomin88

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