(a) A place where the pursuit of individual happiness is now possible
(b) A place that wants to be a part of history
(c) A place where the most common job category for women is “maid”
(d) A place that is not that different from the old India
Put your pencils down now. When Indian-origin writers get together to discuss the complexities of the new India, the answer, naturally, is (e) All of the above.
Siddhartha Deb and Bharati Mukherjee, who respectively have nonfiction and fiction books on India out this year, and Amitava Kumar, whose most recent book dealt with the fallout of the War on Terror, gathered on Sunday in Brooklyn to discuss the subcontinent as part of the New York City borough’s literary festival.
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