Physical boundaries – such as between those who ride in air-conditioned cars and those who walk the Delhi streets – abound in Preti Taneja’s novel. Photo: Shutterstock Physical boundaries – such as between those who ride in air-conditioned cars and those who walk the Delhi streets – abound in Preti Taneja’s novel. Photo: Shutterstock
Physical boundaries – such as between those who ride in air-conditioned cars and those who walk the Delhi streets – abound in Preti Taneja’s novel. Photo: Shutterstock
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Book review: King Lear recast in today’s Delhi, debut novel We That Are Young portrays an India very different from the usual

Cambridge academic Preti Taneja subverts the stereotypes of Indian fiction with unabashedly political saga of family that owns the multi-tentacled Company, a metaphor for India itself

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The Guardian
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Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Physical boundaries – such as between those who ride in air-conditioned cars and those who walk the Delhi streets – abound in Preti Taneja’s novel. Photo: Shutterstock Physical boundaries – such as between those who ride in air-conditioned cars and those who walk the Delhi streets – abound in Preti Taneja’s novel. Photo: Shutterstock
Physical boundaries – such as between those who ride in air-conditioned cars and those who walk the Delhi streets – abound in Preti Taneja’s novel. Photo: Shutterstock
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