1990 Aramganj

<p><strong>About the Book</strong></p><p><strong>A SEARING NOVEL ABOUT HOW SMALL-TOWN INDIA GOT POLARISED BY ADVANI'S RATH YATRA AND HOW THE SEEDS OF A MILITANT HINDU NATIONALISM WERE SOWN.</strong></p><p>In this astutely crafted novel Rakesh Kayasth deploys a Greek chorus of people's fears arguments and judgements to portray the social conundrum of India's heartland. A microcosm of India Aramganj's cast of small-town characters embodies caste pride religious superstition and patriarchy all of which have a hand in the grisly climax of this story.</p><p><em>1990 Aramganj</em> is set in a watershed moment in Indian history one that led to a rapid seeding of Hindu consciousness. A blistering novel by one of Hindi's most inventive writers.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the author</strong></p><p>RAKESH KAYASTH has worked in various senior roles in print journalism and with news television channels like <em>Aaj Tak Zee News Tez</em> and <em>News 24</em>. For the past sixteen years he has been working as a screenwriter showrunner and producer. One of his highly rated early shows as a screenwriter was Movers & Shakers. He currently heads the non-live programming team at Star Sports.</p><p>Besides the bestselling Hindi novel <em>Rambhakt Rangbaz</em> which featured on the <em>Hindustan Times</em> list of Best Indian Books across languages in 2022 Kayasth is also the author of two critically acclaimed political satires <em>Kos-kos Shabdkosh</em> and <em>Prajatantra ke Pakaude</em>. He is also the author-creator of two popular audiobooks <em>Dil Local</em> (stories set in Mumbai local trains) and <em>Tuktuk ki Kahaniyan</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Translator</strong></p><p>VARSHA TIWARY translates between Hindi and English. This is her first full-length work of translation.</p>