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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: The Team Photo

The Essay: The Team Photo: Episode 4: Farahad Zama

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Episode 4: Farahad Zama

The Team Photo

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Writer and City-based IT director Farahad Zama considers a team photo from his past.

Writer and IT director Farahad Zama discusses a photo of himself as a member of a bank's IT team, engaged on a project that would have far-reaching consequences for his career.

Farahad Zama reflects on a photograph of himself as a member of a bank's IT team, engaged on a project that was to have far-reaching consequences for his own career. 

Farahad Zama moved to London in 1990 from Vizag in India. He is a father of two, and he works as an IT director in the City. He is the author of two novels, The Marriage Bureau for Rich People (Abacus 2008) and The Many Conditions of Love (2009). 

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Writers discuss a team photo from their past and consider when one is captured in a group.

Five writers take out a team photo from their past and consider the moment when one is captured not as an individual, but as part of a group

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