9.20 Karan Mahajan on Writing Entitled Men Who Live Without Consequence

About this episode

Tara interviews Karan Mahajan about his novel 'The Complex', exploring themes of family dynamics and personal struggles in the context of immigration and societal expectations.

If your family has ever felt like a soap opera you can't escape, this episode is for you. For the finale of Season 9, Tara sits down with Karan Mahajan to discuss The Complex, a sweeping family saga set in Delhi across the 1980s and 90s. Through the rise and fall of the Chopra family, they unpack the emotional realities of marriage, the loneliness of immigration, family expectations, male inadequacy, and the uncomfortable question of how personal disappointments can evolve into politica...

People in this episode

Host: Tara

Guest: Karan Mahajan

Topics covered

• family saga
• marriage
• immigration
• family expectations
• male inadequacy
• political disappointments

Keywords

• Karan Mahajan
• The Complex
• family saga
• Delhi
• 1980s
• 90s
• immigration
• marriage
• male inadequacy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Complex

Places: Delhi

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