It is fiction, but it is so not.
Prayaag Akbar speaks to Madhu Trehan about his book Leila. Is Leila Muslim or Hindu? He cracks open the economic divide that creates psyche separations. Do we now have to live in the shadow of vigilantism? Is there any place in the world that is safe? Divisiveness is now official all over the world.
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