REVIEWS:

"Kumar exposes his, and his country's, complex interiors in this important work of provocation." – The Independent (UK)

"Kumar's soul-searching is unsparing even of his own liberal reactions as a post-independence 'secular' Indian raised to question all religiosity. His finely nuanced essay on hate is a must-read for anyone concerned with the Other." – Newsweek-International

"...a very powerful and highly readable thesis." – Hindustan Times

"...challenging and at times eloquent rumination on Hindu-Muslim tensions in India and its diaspora." – The New York Times

"A remarkable book... [It] creates a vivid portrait of the volatile region." – Far Eastern Economic Review

"[Amitava Kumar's] research is both concentrated and comprehensive, supported by sensitive documentation of telling details, and significant nuances... Kumar organizes his material like a novelist, in patterns of counterpoint and situational correspondence... [He] has harnessed his energies to a monumental cause. Already, the subcontinental political discussion is focusing on individual contact and conflict resolution. This may be the beginning of a shift in attitudes, a change of mind that books like Amitava Kumar's will help to serve." – Times Literary Supplement

"Kumar's magnificently quiet, poetic and observant book is the model of a different way to look at the world." – Chicago Tribune

"At a time when hatred of Muslims—Islamophobia—is beginning to outstrip even anti-Semitism as the principal modern expression of bigotry and hatred against the Other, Husband of a Fanatic is an important and timely book. It confirms Amitava Kumar as one of the most interesting Indian writers of non-fiction at work today." – William Dalrymple, author of White Mughals and City of Djinns

"A sensitive blend of the personal and the political, Husband of A Fanatic is required reading not only for those interested in the Hindu-Muslim conflict in South Asia, but for everyone interested in the possibility of a just world." – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

READINGS:

Readings from Husband of a Fanatic. British Council, Mumbai, August 18, 2004; Humanity Forum, Bandra, Mumbai, August 20, 2004; British Council, New Delhi, August 27, 2004; Literary Festival at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, October 8, 2004; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, October 13, 2004; Gallery ArtsIndia, New York City, February 15, 2005; University of Toronto, Toronto, March 4, 2005; School of Oriental and African Studies, London, March 7, 2005; University of Warwick, Coventry, March 9, 2005; Goldsmiths College, London March 11, 2005; The Nehru Centre, London, March 11, 2005;  Asian American Writers' Workshop, New York, March 17, 2005. Radio appearances on KPFT 90.1 FM, Houston, November 11, 2004; WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City, February 9, 2005; WNYC 93.9 FM Leonard Lopate Show, New York, March 17, 2005. TV interviews: "Diaspora" show on South Asia World, with Anirudh Bhattacharya, March 1 and 2, 2005; "American Desi" show on Dish Network, with Sree Sreenivasan, March 20, 2005.