Planning to binge watch Leila? Here’s a list of Indian dystopian novels you can read | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Planning to binge watch Leila? Here’s a list of Indian dystopian novels you can read | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: June 17, 2019 5:43:38 pm

Planning to binge watch Leila? Here’s a list of Indian dystopian novels you can read

Prayaag Akbar's novel Leila has been recently adapted into a Netflix series, with Huma Qureshi at the helm. In case you are planning to binge watch it, here are some other Indian dystopian novels you can read.

Prayaag Akbar’s 2017 dystopian novel Leila has been recently adapted into a Netflix series. (Source: File Photo)

Prayaag Akbar’s 2017 dystopian novel Leila is both chilling and eerily emblematic of our times. The book presents a compelling picture of an India which is segregated and obsessed with caste and class. It works both, as a social commentary and a cautionary message for the future.