LIVING MULTICULTURALISM DURING COVID – Tahir Aslam Gora

Living Multiculturalism during COVID explores the complexity of multiculturalism in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, intertwining the stories of characters from diverse communities such as Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Hindus. Through episodes of everyday life and family conflicts, political tensions, and personal reflections, the book highlights both the solidarity and divisions that emerge in a multicultural society under pressure, addressing issues such as racism, identity, discrimination, international politics, and the role of the media. Each character offers a different point of view, each relationship and interaction a true interpretation and a critical and realistic look at social and cultural dynamics, showing how the pandemic has accentuated the challenges of integration and coexistence among minorities, but also the opportunities for dialogue and change.

Tahir Aslam Gora (Lahore, 1963) is a Canadian novelist, poet, broadcaster, editor, publisher, English to Urdu translator, and writer of fiction and non-fiction. In 1999, he permanently moved from Pakistan to Canada. He proudly calls himself a Canadian citizen and connects his identity with his Indian heritage. In Pakistan, he also ran a publishing company and wrote political columns for newspapers.
He is married to Haleema Sadia, with whom he founded TAG TV, a US and Canada based news channel. He has also written as a freelance contributor for the Hamilton Spectator and Huffington Post. Tahir Aslam Gora has published three collections of short stories in Urdu as well as two collections of poetry in Urdu and Hindi. He is also the author of three novels: Respite, Rang Mahal, and AlBakistan published in Urdu and Hindi. In recent years, he has written three more novels: Living Multiculturalism during COVID, The Brokerage of the Atom Bomb, and The Global Village.