Bedatri D. Choudhury

1 month ago | bfi.org.uk | Bedatri D. Choudhury |David West |Mark Asch |Arjun Sajip

Sandhya Suri’s ambitious debut tells the story of a young Hindu widow who takes on her late husband’s constable job and is thrown into the violent world of Indian law enforcement. 19 March 2025Midway through Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, the eponymous protagonist, a police officer (Shahana Goswami), sits in a restaurant in a central-northern Indian town, eating a plate of red bean curry with fried bread. As the only woman, she feels the sting of male eyes on her.

2 months ago | npr.org | Aisha Harris |Bedatri D. Choudhury |Jourdain Searles |Hafsa Fathima |Jessica Reedy

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