![]() ![]() ![]() He occupies an unclaimed terrain, as do many of Navaria s characters. The narrator rejects having his identity constrained by the cruel monikers assigned by the caste Hindus of his village or the supposed refuge of the Christian church. ![]() In Scream - the lead story in Ajay Navaria s collection the unnamed protagonist is told at the outset, Crime is very seductive. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Unclaimed Terrain represents Giramondo's commitment to South Asian literature and to writing which explores social difference and inequality. They inhabit a grey zone they linger in the transitional space between past object and future subject, between caste and democracy. As complex as they are political, Navaria's characters - ranging from a brahmin labourer to a dalit male prostitute - are neither black nor white, neither clearly good nor evil. The city teaches him the many meanings of labour, and he is freed - if ultimately destroyed - by its infinite possibilities for self-invention. Journeying from a Dantewada village in India's east to the town of Nagpur and from there to Mumbai, the Byronic protagonist is raped, works as a masseur and then as a gigolo even while pursuing his education. The narrator of the lead story in this collection occupies an 'unclaimed terrain', as do many of Ajay Navaria's characters. ![]()
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