In a country with hard caste lines, dating apps could have opened up spaces for intimacy that went beyond our identity signifiers. Instead, they only further the idea of endogamy
Will Perumal Murugan do a Geetanjali Shree and bring home the International Booker Prize? Like all his works, Murugan s inter-caste love tragedy, Pyre , translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan, is accessible, evocative, and a must-read to wrap one s head around caste discrimination.