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Nair – Told & Untold
Nair ? Told & Untold is a collection of short stories that elevate the mundane happenings in everyday life. The protagonist, Mr. Nair, a typical Malayalee, takes on many avatars, some applaudable and others cringe-worthy. But in all these stories, he gains the reader’s sympathy as he tries to navi-gate the nooks and crannies of life’s journey. The author has a keen understanding of human na-ture. In simple prose, he captures snapshots of life which include an observant Mr. Nair who witnesses catastrophe unfold at the village tea shop, a frustrated Mr. Nair who gives driving les-sons to an impossible student, a possessive Mr. Nair who tries to protect his wife from the vulgar attentions of uncivilised men using public transport, an arrogant Mr. Nair who underestimates the shrewdness of his co-passenger and a submissive Mr. Nair who does his best to please his dog-fearing wife by promising to get rid of the stray dog menace in their colony. A perfect blend between satire and farce, this collection will endear you to its likeable characters. Above all, the stories will leave you chuckling no matter how serious you are.
The Fourth Passenger
Set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s, The Fourth Passenger is the story of four women raised with traditional Indian values, whose partnership give them the temerity to stand up against religious extremism. Having reached their thirties and disillusioned with their lives and husbands, their decision to open an urban food stand is mingled with their memories of a distant past when two of them loved the same man. But, in order to establish their fledgling business, they must contend with individual temperament, extortionists, ruthless competitors, and most importantly, the prevailing religious intolerance.
Ladies Coupe
Forty-five and single, Akhila has never been allowed to live her own life-always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider-until the day she gets herself a one-way train ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the ladies coupé, she gets to know her five fellow travellers. Riveted by their personal stories, Akhila begins to seek answers to the question that has been haunting her all her life: can a woman stay single and be happy, or does she need a man to feel complete?
One Hundred Shades of White
‘Preethi packs a powerful punch in this book about family, forgiveness and the power of truth.’ Guardian
Dismantling Global White Privilege
White privilege damages and distorts societies around the world, not just in the United States. This book exposes its pervasive global reach and creates a new space for discourse on worldwide racial equality. As Chandran Nair shows in this uncompromising new book, a belief in the innate superiority of White people and Western culture, once the driving force behind imperialism, is now woven into the very fabric of globalization. It is so insidious that, as Nair points out, even many non-White people have internalized it, judging themselves by an alien standard. It has no rival in terms of longevity, global reach, harm done, and continuing subversion of other cultures and societies. Nair takes...
The Films of Mira Nair
The Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora Vérité presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Mira Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to the South Asian diaspora, have been influential around the globe. Amardeep Singh delves into the complexities of Nair’s films from 1981 to 2016, offering critical commentary on all of Nair’s major works, including her early documentary projects as well as shorts. The subtitle, “diaspora vérité,” alludes to Singh’s primary theme: Nair’s filmmaking project is driven aesthetically by her background in the documentary realist tradition (cinéma ...
Changing Homelands
Changing Homelands offers a startling new perspective on what was and was not politically possible in late colonial India. In this highly readable account of the partition in the Punjab, Neeti Nair rejects the idea that essential differences between the Hindu and Muslim communities made political settlement impossible. Far from being an inevitable solution, the idea of partition was a very late, stunning surprise to the majority of Hindus in the region. In tracing the political and social history of the Punjab from the early years of the twentieth century, Nair overturns the entrenched view that Muslims were responsible for the partition of India. Some powerful Punjabi Hindus also preferred ...
