![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If this kind of secular awakening is unlikely, Umrigar thinks she might know why. Maybe a few fundamentalist Christians pick up ‘Honor’ and think, ‘Wow, why do I believe what my pastor says when he’s saying the kinds of things that sound nutty coming from one of my characters’ mouths?’” “A thing for Western readers to realize about India is, guess what? We have people doing crazy things, too. But Umrigar, whose eight previous novels have been set in both the United States and India, knows fundamentalism can spring from any faith. “Honor,” which was announced this week as a Reese’s Book Club pick, involves - among many other events - a deadly clash between two brothers who believe India should be a Hindu theocracy and their sister’s husband, a Muslim from a nearby village. Her new novel, “ Honor,” turns on India’s two major faiths, Hinduism and Islam, and the violence that can erupt when an extremist faction holds sway. Thrity Umrigar wants to talk about megachurches, which seems both apropos and slightly incongruous. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]()
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