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Leila by Prayaag Akbar
Leila by Prayaag Akbar





Shalini is sent to a Purity Camp where she serves as a slave for sixteen years. One day Rizwan is abducted and killed by goons known as "Repeaters" in an attempt to cleanse the bloodlines and stop inter-faith marriages. Shalini is married to Rizwan Chaudhury, a Muslim man with whom she has a daughter, Leila. In the late 2040s, with drinking water and fresh air being extravagances, India is ruled by The Council. The series premiered on 14 June 2019 to mostly positive reviews from critics.

Leila by Prayaag Akbar

Leila was adapted as a Netflix series by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar with Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Rahul Khanna, Sanjay Suri and Arif Zakaria. It was also shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize.

Leila by Prayaag Akbar

The novel was awarded the 2018 juried Crossword Book Award for fiction and the Tata Literature Live First Book Award the same year. It is also available as an audiobook narrated by Tania Rodriguez. It was published by Simon & Schuster in several formats worldwide on 20 April 2017 and received a positive critical reception. Set in the 2040s, the story follows Shalini, who tries to find her missing daughter Leila in a totalitarian regime. Leila is a 2017 Indian dystopian novel written by Prayaag Akbar.







Leila by Prayaag Akbar