‘Mother India’| Prayaag Akbar in Conversation with Dr. Sayandeb Chowdhury

The Literature Faculty & Literary Arts Club at Krea are delighted to welcome you to a conversation with Prayaag Akbar on his new work of fiction Mother India (HarperCollins, 2024).

Mother India is the story of two young people living in contemporary Delhi. Plodding away to make a decent living despite a middling education, Mayank is employed in a right-wing content creator’s dingy basement studio. Nisha, recently moved to the city from her small town in the hills, works as a salesgirl for expensive Japanese chocolate in an upscale mall. When Mayank discovers Nisha beaming off her Instagram like a beacon, he is smitten, and the video clip he devises for his studio ends up having significant consequences for them both. Sparkling and unexpected, Prayaag Akbar’s new novel brilliantly captures what it means to be young and alive in today’s India.

He will be in conversation with Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury, SIAS, Krea.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Prayaag Akbar is the author of the novels Mother India (2024) and Leila (2017). Leila won the Crossword Jury Prize and the Tata Literature First Book Award. The novel was translated into multiple languages and was the basis of a popular Netflix series. Prayaag teaches creative writing at Krea University.