Conversation: Daniyal Mueenuddin

We hear a great deal about Pakistan these days, most of it from officials and news reports. Fiction can be another way in to seeing and understanding the life of a people and a country. I had the great pleasure recently of reading a book called "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders," a series of linked stories that explore the lives of peasants and landowners in Pakistan's Punjab. Its author is "Daniyal Mueenuddin":http://inotherrooms.com/. He grew up in Lahore, Pakistan, and in Wisconsin, and attended Dartmouth and Yale law school. He's now back in Pakistan living on a farm and joined me by phone: _For more about the region, visit_ "The Politcs of Pakistan.":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/pakistan/