Indian Literature

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] What do, Dove, H&M, Nivea, Harlequin Teen, Heineken have in common? All have faced boycotts, the fury of Twitter, one-star reviews, loss of sales; extreme backlashes for their lack of racial sensitivity. Heineken is the most recent with its ad of a beer passing by a dark-skinned African-American to a light-skinned African-American, with the phrase, “Lighter is Better.” Sensitivity Reading is an emerging industry available to content creators who want to alleviate unintentional bias or racism in their books, in magazines, ad campaigns, television, film, gaming, app development and more. Would you like to learn to be a reader?

[close] We are striving to be a group of serious readers from India. Our mission is to read, share, discuss what we read and give space to literary narratives that one can come up with. Are you ready? We welcome every reader. Whether you read novel, poetry, essays, non-fiction, contemporary, romance, vampire, Classics or anything... you are welcome in this group! So, Indian readers, let's come together and discuss something serious this time...

[close] We read and discuss fiction that raises social consciousness with regards to race/ethnicity. We also use non-fiction works as a supplement to expand our understanding of the topics touched on in the novel we're discussing. You don't have to be "woke" to join the group, but all members should be willing to read and respectfully discuss the (sometimes touchy) topics at hand with the aim of greater understanding.