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This Too is India: Conversations on Diversity and Dissent
Author: Githa Hariharan
Publisher: Context
Pages: 347
Price: Rs 599
This book is a collection of 20 interviews with 20 figures from different walks of life, including writers, translators, artists, filmmakers, theatre persons, musicians, dancers, teachers and activists. All the conversations, which cover issues concerning culture, democracy and dissent, are edited versions of videotaped interviews or lengthy exchanges on email, most of which were published in their original form on the Indian Cultural Forum’s website. The core point of the book is a question that Delhi-based author and editor of this anthology Githa Hariharan asks:
