Freedom's struggle

Book review of Our Freedoms: Essays and Stories from India's Best Writers

It’s transient. It’s hard to define. And its absence causes wounds too deep to fill. In today’s polarised times, freedom is one of the hardest concepts to comprehend, let alone an inalienable human right. This makes  Our Freedoms,  an anthology of recent writings on freedom edited by Nilanjana S Roy a timely and provocative read.

The questions different writers pose in the anthology are interesting. Can Dalits ever be free from the confines of caste? Is freedom a privilege or a right? Over time, philosophers have long pondered the meaning of freedom: The Romantics posited that every human is always free