AWW21 A Burning with Megha Majumdar

Megha Majumdar’s electric novel, A Burning, is the taut, riveting
tale of three individuals whose lives become entangled in the
aftermath of an horrific terrorist attack in Kolkata. Each have
ambitions for themselves – Jivan, clawing her way out of the slum
in which she lives, Lovely, the hijra intent on becoming a star,
and PT Sir, a PE teacher who stumbles into right-wing political
activism. But after a careless Facebook post, Jivan finds herself
caught up in India’s corrupt legal system and her life hangs in
the balance.


Chaired by Linda Jaivin