India, June 10 -- Not every author writes to simply inform. Once in a while, there are those who hold up a mirror with the sole purpose of making readers uncomfortable, and laboriously distancing the act of reading from pleasure and an inconsequential awareness. Ravikant Kisana's Meet the Savarnas: Indian Millennials Whose Mediocrity Broke Everything disturbs and unsettles the very audience it is written for; the savarnas.

As the title suggests, the book is a perceptive reflection on the haves in the varnashram. Divided into eight chapters, it subjects savarna culture(s) to critical scrutiny by denaturalising everyday life. It compels the reader to take a peek into their own complicity vis-a-vis caste's embeddedness in everyday unfolding...