“I think this is the challenge of writing about intimacy – to be bold and celebratory without being hurtful or demeaning to anyone.”- Saikat Majumdar (Author, The Remains of the Body)
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Team Kitaab is in conversation with author Saikat Majumdar where we talk about his latest book The Remains of the Body (Penguin India 2024), about the various themes in his writing along with strong characters.
Saikat Majumdar is the author of four novels: Silverfish, The Firebird/Play House, The Scent of God, acclaimed as one of the major queer novels to come out of India following the decriminalization of homosexuality, and most recently, The Middle Finger, a contemporary college campus novel that seeks to retell ancient myths.
He has also published nonfiction and criticism, including the book Prose of the World, College: Pathways of Possibility―a widely read book on liberal education in India. He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Ashoka University and was a Fellow at the Wellesley College Humanities Center and the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Study in South Africa.
Team Kitaab caught up with him to speak about his recently released novel The Remains of the Body (Penguin India, 2024).
