"It brings Orwellian dystopia and satire closer home with click-bait headlines that you may have read last week, its vision of technological surveillance is as soul-chilling as it is brilliant; and the violence without being graphic is relentless on your peripheral vision; but it also gives you mostly incorruptible, frequently idealistic, incredibly soft-hearted people, it gives you the kindness of strangers, and it gives you the hope of resistance." - Scroll.



" Brilliantly written, structurally inventive, completely immersive. " - K J Charles



"Chosen Spirits, set not far into the future is utterly persuasive in its construction, scathing in its cynicism and is laced with social commentary." -Open Magazine



“It’s less speculative fiction and more caustic investigation of the times we live in. Set in an India just a decade from now, Chosen Spirits is about a world where technology and religious bigotry combine with near-total corporate control over the lives and bodies of citizens… a novel of ideas. There are so many conversations, sharply observed mannerisms, tics. It reads like a sci-fi social satire, a comedy of manners.” - +Interview in Mint



“An odd balm for nerves: an “anti-dystopian” book… uncomfortably close to reality… uncannily prophetic” +Interview in The Hindu Weekend



“Even the things that feel radically different at first glance are, upon reflection, not so distant from us after all… Dissent and your rights will evaporate, ask too many questions and even your own family might ‘unperson’ you, a la Orwell.” - +Interview in FirstPost



“Chosen Spirits is not interested in being a flight of fantasy. The novel talks about issues that are critically important to us in present-day India and keeps reminding the reader that the past can’t be buried, no matter how much anyone tries.” +Interview in Dear Reader



"...look into the near future, with plenty of humour, aided by unflinchingly honest mirrors held up to India’s upper middle class." - +Interview in The Hindu Metro Plus



"If we keep going the way we are, we're bound to land in an algorithmic nightmare filled Hindu Rashtra. Maybe we could all use Samit Basu's brilliant words as an antidote, a reminder of why we erupted into a full spring revolution." - Essay in Six Impossible Things


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