THE AUTHOR

Ajit Chaudhuri writes because he has something to say and only this one way of saying it. “Sheruvala” is his third novel; his earlier works of fiction include “Pax Feminica” (2018), a male gaze upon a women-ruled world, and “A Walk Through the Wild Side” (2022), a tale of a kidnapping that delves into issues of ethnicity, identity, and sub-nationalism in India’s North-East. He has also published the collection of novelettes “An Exploration of Unintended Consequences” (2024), a set of short stories “Tales of Love, Lust and Longing” (2021), and academic papers on subjects relating to empowerment, participation, democratic decentralization, land acquisition, and strategy.