{"product_id":"a-queer-shade-of-saffron-shastri-akella-fourth-estate","title":"A Queer Shade of Saffron by Shastri Akella [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unlikely friendship is forged between two boys in pre-Partition Punjab. A ghost mediates an act of intimacy between two men separated by the Kashmir border. A temple singer in small-town Gujarat experiences the miracle of love and thinks: 'So this is what it feels like to have someone diminish, not amplify, your shame by bearing witness.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Queer Shade of Saffron \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- a collection of sensuous and devastatingly wise short stories - plunges into the heart of desire and explores the endless possibilities of gender, sex and longing across India. It claims 'queering' as a daring act of destabilizing old, rigid hierarchies. So, in a small Andhra village, when two women lean into each other and find the strength to defy the iron-hold of caste and patriarchy; and elsewhere, by the Garhwal mountains, as two abused, lonely boys turn into mythic avengers, we see the makings of a world where love and challenging power imbalances go hand in hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteeped in cinematic detail and written with a delicate economy of language, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Queer Shade of Saffron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores South Asian experiences of queerness and queering with empathy. It establishes Shastri Akella as one of the bravest young writers in India today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67781527503098,"sku":"8FJAP3LH2GC1","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/a-queer-shade-of-saffron-shastri-akella-fourth-estate.jpg?v=1792421361","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/a-queer-shade-of-saffron-shastri-akella-fourth-estate","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}