 First edition | |
| Author | Upamanyu Chatterjee |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Publication place | India |
| Pages | 437 pp |
| ISBN | 0-670-87934-7 |
| OCLC | 45845242 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR9499.3.C4665 M36 2000 |
| Preceded by | English, August |
The Mammaries of the Welfare State is an English-language Indian novel, the sequel to Upamanyu Chatterjee's debut novel, English, August, also told from the perspective of the fictional character Agastya Sen.[1] It won the Sahitya Akademi Award (English) in 2004.[2] The novel tells the story of political bureaucracy in the fictional state of Madna when an epidemic breaks out.[3] The title derives from a line of dialog in the novel, where a civil servant states "In my eight years of service, I haven't come across a single case in which everybody concerned didn't try to milk dry the boobs of the Welfare State".[3]
- ^ Prasannarajan, S. (2 July 2012). "Book review: The Mammaries of the Welfare State by Agastya Sen". India Today. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards listings". Sahitya Akademi, Official website.
- ^ a b Vardhan, Anand (28 December 2020). "A mess foretold: Reading Mammaries of the Welfare State amid a pandemic". Newslaundry. Retrieved 10 June 2021.