Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Center for Contemporary South Asia

Siddhartha Deb — A New Kind of Indian Novel: A Discussion on The Light at the End of the World

Friday, December 8, 2023

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST

McKinney, 111 Thayer Street

Join us for a reading from and discussion about Siddhartha Deb's new novel The Light at the End of the World.

Siddhartha Deb, born in north-eastern India and the child of a refugee, is the author of the novels The Point of Return, a 2003 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and An Outline of the Republic. He is also the author of the nonfiction book The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India. His reviews and journalism have appeared in The Boston GlobeThe GuardianHarper's MagazineThe NationNew Statesmann+1, and The Times Literary Supplement.

South Asia Seminar