Dustria is a speculative fiction novel

When I was a little girl, my father would take the family to the hills in the summer as an escape from our perpetually sweltering nook of the world. Kodaikanal. That’s the name of the hill town in which we’d vacation.

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If I could look back as an old woman, and reflect upon my life, upon moments where everything literally changed by paradigms in but a few minutes, I know the death of my loved ones would rank first.

There are people in India who won’t even walk in the shadows cast by certain people: Those who are perpetually shadowed by their own heritage.

Nandu turns five today. I’m given a list of things to get for the birthday party. Crayons, extra paper cups, Scotch tape

From the quiet power of nature in A Summer Fjord, to the intense emotional ‘wildness’ of a provoked woman in Maiden Over,

There are unfettered moments from our youth that stand out like shiny stones, little smooth pebbles glistening in a flowing brook, perfectly formed and brilliantly capturing the joy of those times.

Nandita. That is my name. Born of sun and sand, I found myself on shingled shores, in a way of life very different from mine. People counted Time differently, there. The bread tasted different. The air was tangy.

The ink that drips from the tip of my pen fortifies my thoughts into crisp, round words, words that seem sure of their place on the page.

As India boldly leaps into space and proudly increases its tiger population, feats all deserving praise, foreign investors leave this increasingly disturbing landscape of cultural hegemony and faux-nationalistic fervour.

silhouettes vector. Social icon. Flat style design We are living in an increasingly polarised world. When we draw lines in the sand to demarcate our socio-cultural and religious identities, the consequences are violent.

In India, the informal sector accounts for over 80% of non-agricultural employment. This is a staggering number that has had unprecedented significance in the past few weeks,

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It is ironic that it took a devastating pandemic to force the government’s hand for long-overdue agrarian reforms. Amendments have been made to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

Acclaimed musician Sarah McLachlan sings in her addiction anthem Angel: “You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie.

Last month, the ‘Chennai water train’ made its poignant, slow arrival into the city, carrying 2.5 million litres of water for its parched residents.

There is a wilderness within our borders. It’s so vast that it covers an entire nation, with around 100 million inhabitants, one-fifth of our labour force.

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My father would make business trips to Australia when I was a child. I knew this land to be different from America, the other place he would travel to, because he’d said, though there were white people here, also, everything was upside down.