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English’s Thrity Umrigar’s new book explores India’s social issues

Honor is a searing meditation on the meaning of dignity in a dehumanizing world

Thrity Umrigar

NPR: Thrity Umrigar, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English, penned a new book, Honor, fraught with India’s social issues such as caste and class divides, the lure of fundamentalism and culture clash.