About the Book: Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries
Distinctive. Brilliant. Ambitious. Rooted. These and many other such attributes
are the hallmarks of people from the small towns and peripheries of India. In
this extraordinary, eye-opening book, Sumana Roy, a proud provincial, shows us
how those from small towns are fully the equal of their urban peers. She builds
her thesis by introducing us to a diverse array of individuals—writers, artists,
filmmakers, cricketers, tour guides, English tutors, lovers, and
chroniclers—whose stories and creations provide answers to the question—who is a
provincial? Blending personal narrative with the cultural, sensory, and emotive
heritage of overlooked communities, Roy puts paid to the