Episode 16: Megha Majumdar’s important debut novel, “A Burning” looks at injustice, corruption and discrimination in contemporary India

In Megha Majumdar’s A Burning her lead character, Jivan, is scapegoated because of her identity as a poor Muslim woman. Megha discusses how, in a society that is inherently unjust, even someone who has made all the right choices can come to grief.

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