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Janika Oza’s debut novel charts the Indian diaspora’s struggles

“A History of Burning” stretches across continents and a century

A family of refugees native of Indian subcontinent land in an English port, on September 19, 1972 arriving from Uganda after their expulsion from Uganda ordered by Ugandian head of state Idi Amin Dada. (Photo by Marine LEDOUX / AFP) (Photo by MARINE LEDOUX/AFP via Getty Images)
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