An <i>English, August</i> for IIM-wallahs. Unlike Chetan Bhagat, Bajaj writes good English. This debut novel is pacy, unpretentious, and great fun to read.
Bengalis living in Assam from decades before Bangladesh was born in 1971 are routinely called 'Bangladeshis'. The experience of feeling unwanted in one's own country is baffling, writes journalist Samrat Choudhury