India Booked | Waiting for the Dust to Settle
b'In this episode of India Booked, host Ayushi Mona talks to Veio Pou, about his\\nbrilliant new debut novel, Waiting for the Dust to Settle, published by Speaking\\nTiger Books. Set in Manipur, the book is a moving novel about the human cost of\\nthe violence that the Naga. The podcast discussed what people have endured since\\nthe 1980s telling the story of Operation Bluebird\\u2014one of the darkest yet little\\ndiscussed moments in the history of the Indian Army in the northeast. Above\\neverything else, this is a deeply human portrait of an entire people the novel\\ntalks about the human cost of the violence that the Naga people have endured\\nsince the 1980s. It tells the story of Operation Bluebird\\u2014one of the darkest yet\\nlittle discussed moments in the history of the Indian Army in the northeast. A\\nmoving, timely book that is surely to arrest and impress you in the way that\\nVeio intersperses fictional narratives with the stark reality of life. Tune in!'