The author uses the metaphor of street dogs revolting against human oppression to shine light on working class rising up against the bourgeoisie. The author talks of a pup-hood and uses the common ...
This uproarious novel from Bhattacharya (1948–2014), originally published in 2003, exemplifies the author’s penchant for freewheeling magical realism and rollicking revolutionary narratives. The ...
A darkly satirical fable set in Calcutta, Dogstar follows the city’s abused street dogs as they rise up against their human oppressors, exposing the fraught politics and fragile empathy at the heart ...