The Political Chess King

Author(s)

Nadya Qamar Chishty-Mujahid, Institute of Business Administration (IBA)Follow

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Abstract / Description

This dramatic play focuses on the tensions and power dynamics between a number of student leaders at the Saeed School of Business (SSB). Readers will alternately fall under the spell of the shrewd and virtuous Black Vizier, Salal Zahid, and the tough yet noble White King, Raza Shah. Towering above the others is the figure of the Black King, Umar Kapadia, the powerful founder and head of the SSB student political party Jazba, who is as magnificent as he is Machiavellian. Regardless of his rivals' persistent treachery, the influential Umar continues to dominate the gritty and complex terrain that constitutes the political chessboard of this highly elite business school. Yet, in spite of his considerable power, Kapadia eventually realizes that even the most successful of men are at the mercy of a force that is far greater than politics-fate.

Keywords

Machiavellian, Drama, Politics

Publication Date

2020

Faculty / School

School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)

Department

Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Author Affiliation

• Nadya Chishty-Mujahid is Associate Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

Recommended Citation

Chishty-Mujahid, N. (2020). The Political Chess King. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-books/63