Book Discussion: MOTHER INDIA with Prayaag Akbar and Jeet Thayil | 7 SEPTEMBER, 5:30 PM

Join us at the bookstore to tune into this conversation between Prayaag Akbar and Jeet Thayil as they discuss Prayaag's latest novel, MOTHER INDIA. 

MOTHER INDIA is the story of two young people living in contemporary Delhi. Plodding away to make a decent living despite a middling education, Mayank is employed in a right-wing content creator’s dingy basement studio. Nisha, recently moved to the city from her small town in the hills, works as a salesgirl for expensive Japanese chocolate in an upscale mall. When Mayank discovers Nisha beaming off her Instagram like a beacon, he is smitten, and the video clip he devises for his studio ends up having significant consequences for them both.

Sparkling and unexpected, Prayaag Akbar’s new novel brilliantly captures what it means to be young and alive in today’s India.

Released in July this year, this novel has already received endorsements and praise from Amitava Kumar, Meena Kandasamy, Avni Doshi, Vivek Shanbhag, Madhuri Vijay, Mohammed Hanif.

Prayaag Akbar is the author of the novel LEILA (2017), winner of the Crossword Jury Prize and the Tata Literature First Book Award. The book was translated into Hindi, Marathi and Turkish and was used as the basis of a Netflix show. Prayaag teaches creative writing at Krea University. 

The details of the event are as follows: 

DATE: 7 SEPTEMBER 

DAY: SATURDAY

TIME: 5:30 PM