[4] Ron Charles of The Washington Post wrote Majumdar "demonstrates an uncanny ability to capture the vast scope of a tumultuous society by attending to the hopes and fears of people living on the margins.

It’s no wonder this propulsive novel was chosen for the Today Show book club and leaped immediately onto the bestseller list.

"[5] In TIME, Naina Bajekal described the novel as "a powerful corrective to the political narratives that have dominated in contemporary India.

"[6] In 2020, Majumdar told The Wall Street Journal, "I hope the questions [I ask in the book] don’t appear contained in India and...that readers here are able to think of contemporary America too.

[2] In 2021, Majumdar was promoted to Editor-in-Chief of Catapult,[10] and her authors included Matthew Salesses, Randa Jarrar, Ruby Hamad, Sindya Bhanoo and Ye Chun.