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Shalvi Shah reviews Perumal Murugan's Pyre (translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.)
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Shalvi Jaxay Shah is a writer and translator based in Ahmedabad and New York City. Twitter: @shallwe_write. Click through for the full bio and contributions.
Shalvi Shah reviews Perumal Murugan's Pyre (translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.)
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