Antara Raghavan
Displacement and humanity told through the eyes of a Malayali nurse
Perumal Murugan’s novel wins the JCB Prize for its depiction of displacement and movement
When the monster rains came, like any other place faced with the sudden ferocity of nature, Kerala was not prepared, and as the water level rose to fatal heights there were not enough streets or shelters left for the displaced and the dying to keep them safe. The water has begun to recede, but not the woes of a shattered people
Three contrarian Partition stories: a Punjabi Muslim, a Frontier Pathan, and a sensationalist
A lyrical exploration of remembrances of things past, of the sunny innocence of childhood, of the mellow contours of pain from an undefined loss...