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My agent Kanishka Gupta's description:
The life of a migrant worker is, by definition, one that is shaped by loss: of home, of identity, of self. But what is life in ‘New India’? What role do religion and politics play in shaping uniquely personal narratives? Driven by long research and narrative journalism, AN UNKNOWN INDIAN will tell the story of an impoverished Muslim migrant family in India's capital, negotiating the pitfalls of politics and economic servitude. Breaking fresh ground by putting forth the perspective of the woman as primary, award-winning journalist Neha Dixit's debut nonfiction holds up a mirror to the shadows that lie behind the sheen of “New India.”
Mentions:
India seen through the eyes of its young womenby Nilanjana Roy in Financial Times on Sep 9, 2022
by Saurabh Sharma in Money Control on Dec 29, 2022
by News18 on Jan 4, 2023
Neha Dixit is an Indian freelance journalist, covering politics, gender and social justice. She is a visiting faculty at Ashoka University and has been awarded with the Chameli Devi Jain Award (2016) as well as CPJ International Press Freedom Award (2019).