Novel Revisits Pandemic Grief Across India’s Divided Communities

Grief Burns Like Fever is a novel set during the Covid-19 pandemic.

It follows people in a city where many are struggling to stay safe and earn a living.

One character drives an ambulance and sees many people who are sick or have died.

A couple hopes for a baby, while a mother and son face a painful loss.

Women who work in a red-light area also worry about how they will survive.

Some people use their influence to get supplies, while neighbors help one another.

The book shows that people responded to the crisis in different ways.

The review says it is also a story about grief and hardship, not just the virus.