{"product_id":"book-20xx","title":"The Red Badge","description":"\u003cp\u003eKerala, 1974. Rajesh, the fourth-standard topper in a Malayalam-medium school in Tiruvalla, founded by his upper-caste Kshatriya ancestors, is excited to move to the big English-medium school there. But things go awry. Grappling with the challenges of English-medium studies, he is stuck in the middle of the rank-list. Desperation grows when the socially inferior Veeramani - the son of Rajesh's father's boss - gets the red badge for coming first. Rajesh goes into a tailspin, and even seeks divine intervention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, a regime deifying the idea of an Undivided Bharata gains power in the country, and a horrifying reign of persecution follows - one that might make way for Rajesh to finally own the coveted red badge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajesh R. Varma's acclaimed first novel, \u003cem\u003eChuvanna Badge\u003c\/em\u003e, now brilliantly translated as \u003cem\u003eThe Red Badge\u003c\/em\u003e by the award-winning J. Devika, is a searing account of the paranoia of caste privilege and the demons it births. Steeped in humour, nostalgia and violence, it is a chilling record of a memory that might actually belong to the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67367357088048,"sku":"BD20xx","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/20xx-Square-cover.jpg?v=1784013401","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-20xx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}