{"product_id":"there-is-nothing-that-wouldnt-change-perumal-murugan","title":"There Is Nothing That Wouldn't Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the winner of the JCB Prize for Literature 2023 · Perumal Murugan in conversation with Bezwada Wilson · Translated from the Tamil by Kavitha Muralidharan · Hardback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerumal Murugan and Bezwada Wilson became friends during one of the most turbulent periods of Murugan's life. That friendship is what gives this unscripted conversation between the Tamil novelist and the activist its unusual candour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its centre is Wilson's decades-long campaign to end manual scavenging in India and restore dignity to sanitation workers — the work for which he is best known. But the two men range far beyond activism. They talk about caste and politics, about conviction and doubt, about what it costs to keep fighting, and about the friendship itself. Wilson is blunt about the 'saviour' narratives that outsiders build around communities in struggle, and about the self-respect those communities already have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book that refuses easy answers: provocative, humane and deeply personal, asking readers to face uncomfortable realities while imagining what a genuinely just society might look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author and translator\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerumal Murugan\u003c\/strong\u003e is an eminent Tamil author, scholar and former professor whose novels capture the social and agrarian landscapes of rural Tamil Nadu, exploring caste, community, desire and human relationships. His work has been translated into English and many Indian and international languages, and he won the JCB Prize for Literature in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBezwada Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a social activist and a founder of the Safai Karmachari Andolan, the movement to eradicate manual scavenging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKavitha Muralidharan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a bilingual journalist and translator with over two decades covering Tamil Nadu's politics and culture, including leadership roles at \u003cem\u003eThe Hindu Tamil\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIndia Today\u003c\/em\u003e. Her translations include Murugan's \u003cem\u003eAmma\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSandalwood Soap and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndia Hamish Hamilton hardback, 208 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor sale in the Indian subcontinent only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished August 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hamish Hamilton (Penguin India)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52516134715608,"sku":"9789377301477","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/71LZ1Lw_2BLiL.jpg?v=1789998576","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/there-is-nothing-that-wouldnt-change-perumal-murugan","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}