‘Climate anxiety led me to write The Man Who Lost India’

‘Climate anxiety led me to write The Man Who Lost India’

Seema Kumar Seth is the richest man in town who wants to get his extremely beautiful daughter Ida married off to Harsh Shah, who holds a National Identification Card. And what is the significance of that. Well, it is because Meghna Pant’s new book The Man Who Lost India, set in 2032, talks about India and China being at war and this card, which is transferable to the spouse, could save her life. Meghna’s book, a dystopian narrative narrates a grim story of Chinese occupation of India’s Punjab, leaving the country in ruins. Set against this backdrop is the love...

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