English, August: An Indian Story by Akhil Sharma, Upamanyu Chatterjee
English, August: An Indian Story

Akhil Sharma, Upamanyu Chatterjee

English, August: An Indian Story

Akhil Sharma, Upamanyu Chatterjee

291 pages 1988

5 editions

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Agastya Sen, a young civil servant is posted to Madna where he experiences kitsch in all its forms - relics of the British Empire, temples, monsoons, Gandhi, savants. In his confusion he lurches towards the Hindu belief in the virtues of renunciat...

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