Pyre

Saroja and Kumaresan are young and in love.

After meeting in a small southern Indian town, where Kumaresan works at a soda bottling shop, they quickly marry before returning to Kumaresan's family village to build a new life together. But they are harbouring a dangerous secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in grave peril.

Faced with venom from her mother-in-law, and questions from her new neighbours, Saroja tries to adjust to a lonely and uncomfortable life, while Kumaresan struggles to scrape together enough money for them to start over somewhere new.

Will their love keep them safe in a hostile world?

'With tender rage, one of India's most powerful living writers breathes life into an age-old tale of forbidden passion' — Nilanjana Roy

ISBN: 9781782278627 | Published: 5 October 2022 | Paperback | 224 Pages