“The panoply that Salman Rashid paints through his pen and his photography is simply breathtaking- a delight for the connoisseur and general reader alike,” writes Agha Akbar, Editor Sports and Magazine Pakistan Today.
The author of several books (The Apricot Road to Yarkand, Riders on the Wind, Between two Burrs on the Map, Prisoner on a Bus, Jhelum: City of the Vitasta, and Sea Monsters and the Sun God) and hundreds of travel pieces that have appeared in most List A newspapers and magazines, Salman Rashid is a travel writers travel writer, by far the best in the country.
Though there are many in Pakistan, both in English and vernacular languages, with claims to be masters of the genre, what makes Salman the standout by a distance is that his is no ordinary travel writing. One only calls it such as a matter of convenience, or perhaps for wan of an expression capable of summing up his piece in one work. In effect, what Salman gives you is substance that goes far beyond a travel piece, for he just doesn’t write about places of landscapes. Each of his pieces is a free flowing specimen, with most knowledgeable description of people, customs, history, legends and yes, anthropology woven into the story - and in language that is fluent and crisp, and also at places containing a fair dose of humor and sarcasm. The panorama that he presents turns most of his work into literary master piece.
Another aspect of Salman’s work is the accompaniment of his landscape photography, which is not merely a visual delight but also, as aptly described in the flap, “replicates, as lucidly, the spatial notations and ambience he articulates in words”.
The panoply that Salman paints through his pen and his photography is simply breathtaking- a delight for the connoisseur and general reader alike. [Extract from Logic is Variable]
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