What Does Young South Asia Want? Can Chetan Bhagat, Mohsin Hamid, and Arundhati Roy tell us?

Authors

John C. Hawley, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2017

Publisher

Society for the Advancement of Research In Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

Chetan Bhagat, Mohsin Hamid, and Arundhati Roy join the ranks of south Asian novelists who also write political essays. They address various factions in society, but share a common disgust with institutional corruption and political maneuvering, and manipulation of the powerless. While attacking defensive posturing and aggressive venality, they argue for a nation that finds its strength in pluralism and that embraces the poor.

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Recommended Citation

Hawley, J. C. (2017). What Does Young South Asia Want? Can Chetan Bhagat, Mohsin Hamid, and Arundhati Roy tell us? Texture: A Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(1), 1–12.