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Anuk Arudpragasam, "A Passage North" (Granta Books, 2021)

October 20, 2021

A Passage North

Anuk Arudpragasam
Hosted by Selva Swetha

A Passage North (Granta, 2021) is a novel set in contemporary post-war Sri Lanka. A young, privileged Tamil man takes a train journey from the capital…

Adam Auerbach, "Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Good Provision in India’s Urban Slums" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

October 12, 2020

Demanding Development

Adam Auerbach
Hosted by Selva Swetha

India’s urban slums exhibit dramatic variation in their access to basic public goods and services—paved roads, piped water, trash removal, sewers, and…