Beowulf in Pakistan (Critical Essay‪)‬

1 The protagonist may not have chosen the place of action, hut there he was. The penchant for epic battles or minor skirmishes was always well known in the area; accounts of these sold like hot roti and cha. In peace, romance held sway. Mystical ways of the Sufis were seen as contiguous, worthy alternatives. Much song and dance made of politics in the last century was a curiosity, a diversion for the folk in trance of what might yet unfold--from the mysterious and equally salacious layers of an easygoing lifestyle otherwise regulated by a seasonal, devotional calendar. Such was the site of arrival.