Areeb Ahmad is an English MA candidate at the University of Hyderabad. He likes to write about the intersections of gender and sexuality, and enjoys exploring how the personal and the political as well as form and content interact in art. He is a Books Editor at Inklette Magazine. Most of the time, he can be found tinkling with his bookstagram: @bankrupt_bookworm. You can also find him on Twitter: @Broke_Bookworm.
When it comes to social realist fiction, there is a fine line between giving voice to the voiceless and speaking on their behalf. Areeb Ahmad analyses literature by Puja Changoiwala and Deepa Anappara to examine how the genre manifests itself in recent Indian novels in English.