Rumi's Book Club presents The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Sun 26 Apr
|Rumi's Kitchen
Are you a book lover? Tired of reading alone? Join us this April as we talk about our latest read. In the Centre, a fun and thought-provoking read, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi explores questions of assimilation and appropriation.
Time & Location
26 Apr 2026, 12:00 – 14:00 BST
Rumi's Kitchen, 120 Craven Park Rd, London NW10 8QD, UK
About The Event
Anisa Ellahi longs to become a translator of 'great works of literature', but right now she is stuck in her London flat writing subtitles for Bollywood films.
Then she is told about the Centre, an elite, invite-only programme that guarantees complete fluency in any language in just ten days. Seduced by all that it could make possible, Anisa enrols. But the Centre's services come at a disturbing hidden cost. Still - it's worth it, right? After all, success comes at a price . . .
By turns dark, funny and surreal, The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi takes you on a journey through Karachi, London and New Delhi. Throughout it interrogates the sticky politics of language, translation and appropriation and asks: what price would you be willing to pay for success?
To attend please sen an email: rumisbookclub@gmail.com