Reading and Q&A with Author Megha Majumdar

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Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, A Burning, follows three unforgettable characters whose lives are entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Her work tackles class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism.

Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.


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