Book Discussion: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

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Discuss the novel A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar exploring power, privilege, and moral compromise.

Our selection for this month is A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar, a sharp, unsettling novel that explores power, privilege, and moral compromise in contemporary India. In a near-future Kolkata on the verge of collapse, Ma is days from leaving for America with her young daughter and elderly father when their stolen visas shatter that hope. Over one tense week, A Guardian and a Thief follows Ma’s desperate search amid food shortages and unrest, alongside the story of Boomba, the thief whose love for his family drives him toward ruinous choices. Megha Majumdar’s novel is a taut, compassionate portrait of two families pushed to extremes by love, desperation, and the will to survive.