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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. In Scream - the lead story in Ajay Navaria's collection the unnamed protagonist is told at the outset, Crime is very seductive. And revenge a trickster. The narrator rejects having his identity constrained by the cruel monikers assigned by the caste Hindus of his village or the supposed refuge of the Christian church. He occupies an 'unclaimed terrain', as do many of Navaria's characters. Journeying from a Dantewada village to the town of Nagpur and from there to Mumbai, the Byronic protagonist is raped, works as a masseur and then as a gigolo even while pursuing his education. The city teaches him the many meanings of labor, and he is freed-if ultimately destroyed by its infinite possibilities for self-invention. As complex as they are political, Navaria's characters-ranging from a brahmin peon to a dalit male prostitute are neither black nor white, neither clearly good nor evil. They inhabit a grey zone, they linger in the transitional passageway between past object and future subject, casteism and democracy. Unclaimed Terrain heralds the arrival of a bold new voice in Indian literature.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Worlds within Worlds, translated from the Hindi original Udhar ke Log, is a novel true to life. Quiet and thoughtful, it is the first-person story of a young man in Delhi and his family. He is a lecturer at a university and has liberal views. His wife is a doctor and his friends are in civil services and private jobs. This would seem to be a familiar middle- class saga except that they are all Dalit. At the heart of the story, lies the clash between caste and class: can you be middle-class and Dalit? Thus opening discussions about the meaning of 'caste' and 'untouchability'. Is education an emancipatory force? The main characters are in conflict as they go through experiences of discrimination because of their names and backgrounds, and of liberation because of their education and qualifications. The story is also about a young man's sexual and romantic experiences, family relationships and social consciousness, where caste does not play a defining role. The novel is certain to make readers explore concepts of caste, class and religion, familial and societal dynamics, as well as friendship, love and loyalty to a person or a cause. About the Author: Ajay Navaria did his MPhil and PhD from JNU. His stories have been widely translated. Unclaimed Terrain, a story collection translated by Prof. Laura R. Brueck, 2013, was critically acclaimed. He has been invited as a speaker at various universities and literature festivals. His works have been included in the syllabus at Harvard University, Michigan University and University of Delhi. He is a Professor of Hindi at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. About the Translator: Nita Kumar is the retired Brown Professor of South Asian History at Claremont McKenna College, California. She is the author and editor of several books and has scripted the movie Shankar's Fairies. She runs NIRMAN, which works for children, families, education, and the school Vidyashram the Southpoint, in Varanasi.

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