Mahasweta

While Truth/Untruth doesn’t read like a regular Mahasweta Devi novel, no one else could have written it. Replete with the celebrated author’s nuances of right versus wrong, good versus evil, and rich versus poor, the emotions that surface here are omnipresent in all her works. Mahasweta Devi’s themes are specific, yet universal. They could take place anywhere in the world and, yet, are so intrinsic to Kolkata that their mysteries and drama could only unfold there. The Howrah Bridge in Kolkata. (HT Photo)…