Madhavi Menon demolishes our notion of a “pure” India one nuanced, challenging, provocative story at a time
Madhavi Menon’s day job as professor of English at Ashoka University doesn’t prepare you for the utterly sprawling – and outright disruptive – landscape of her writing: the complex and churning world of sexuality and desire across time, geography, the law and other boundaries.
And in Kama Chameleon, we spoke to the wonderfully engaging and articulate Menon on the surprising and subversive history of desire in India, and why she has made the minefield of sexuality her particular passion.
