{"product_id":"salt-and-pepper-selected-literary-columns-9781803095998","title":"Salt and Pepper: Selected Literary Columns","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fierce and witty portrait of an unraveling nation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalt and Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of literary columns that defy convention--acerbic, tender, and unrelenting in their gaze. Written between the margins of news and national spectacle, these pieces are not topical commentary but something far more enduring: political satire that reads like poetry, reportage that mutates into parable, lament, and fable. In these dispatches from a fractured republic, written over the past decade, journalist Sankarshan Thakur captures the surreal absurdities and deep disquiet of an India caught between thunderous assertion and muffled dissent. Governments speak in acronyms, mobs chant in hashtags, silence acquires a sound--and memory becomes an act of resistance. These are chronicles of a society slipping into curated amnesia, of belonging turned conditional, and of patriotism twisted into performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803095998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.07w x 0.43d","brand":"Sankarshan Thakur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571324940469,"sku":"9781803095998","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/salt-and-pepper-selected-literary-columns-9781803095998","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}