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There Is Nothing That Wouldn't Change: Perumal Murugan in Conversation with Bezwada Wilson
Born of a shared belief in a more equal and compassionate world, There Is Nothing That Wouldn’t Change brings together an extraordinary, intimate conversation between acclaimed writer Perumal Murugan and social activist Bezwada Wilson. Their friendship, forged during one of the most turbulent phases of Murugan’s life, lends this unscripted exchange a rare and powerful honesty.
At its heart, the book chronicles Wilson’s decades-long struggle to eradicate manual scavenging and restore dignity to sanitation workers. Yet, the dialogue ventures far beyond activism. The conversation is raw and deeply personal, and traverses the complex terrains of caste, politics, conviction, doubt and the profound enduring bonds of friendship.
This book refuses easy answers. It is an insightful, provocative and deeply humane book that compels readers to confront uncomfortable realities while imagining what a truly just society might look like.
At its heart, the book chronicles Wilson’s decades-long struggle to eradicate manual scavenging and restore dignity to sanitation workers. Yet, the dialogue ventures far beyond activism. The conversation is raw and deeply personal, and traverses the complex terrains of caste, politics, conviction, doubt and the profound enduring bonds of friendship.
This book refuses easy answers. It is an insightful, provocative and deeply humane book that compels readers to confront uncomfortable realities while imagining what a truly just society might look like.
116 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 24, 2026
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Perumal Murugan
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Perumal Murugan is a well-known contemporary Tamil writer and poet. He was written six novels, four collections of short stories and four anthologies of poetry. Three of his novels have been translated into English to wide acclaim: Seasons of the Palm, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Kiriyama Award in 2005, Current Show, and most recently, One Part Woman. He has received awards from the Tamil Nadu government as well as from Katha Books.
Do NOT merge author profiles in different languages/spelling.
Per GR policy, books published in another language/script should have the name on that book as secondary author, with Perumal Murugan as primary author.
Perumal Murugan is a well-known contemporary Tamil writer and poet. He was written six novels, four collections of short stories and four anthologies of poetry. Three of his novels have been translated into English to wide acclaim: Seasons of the Palm, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Kiriyama Award in 2005, Current Show, and most recently, One Part Woman. He has received awards from the Tamil Nadu government as well as from Katha Books.
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September 12, 2026
It was nice to read in-length from Bezawada Wilson, someone I greatly admire, but this book seemed like a simple friendly chat that didn't probe deeper than it could've. The conversation was going in circles at places. Instead of transcribing one long conversation that happened at 2am when he was already tired, they should have done few different series and edited them down. A quick read tho.
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