{"product_id":"salt-and-pepper-by-sankarshan-thakur-9781803095998","title":"Salt and Pepper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fierce and witty portrait of an unravelling nation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalt and Pepper\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of literary columns that defy convention—acerbic, tender, and unrelenting in their gaze. Written between the margins of news and national spectacle, these pieces are not topical commentary but something far more enduring: political satire that reads like poetry, reportage that mutates into parable, lament, and fable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these dispatches from a fractured republic, written over the past decade, journalist Sankarshan Thakur captures the surreal absurdities and deep disquiet of an India caught between thunderous assertion and muffled dissent. Governments speak in acronyms, mobs chant in hashtags, silence acquires a sound—and memory becomes an act of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are chronicles of a society slipping into curated amnesia, of belonging turned conditional, and of patriotism twisted into performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306930389228,"sku":"9781803095998","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27060073482829.jpg?v=1771070124","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/salt-and-pepper-by-sankarshan-thakur-9781803095998","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}