The title caught my eye on the shelf at the bookstore, as the word means "Freedom" in many languages including Kurmanji and other Persian-adjacent languages. I think Roy pulls it from Urdu, if I recall. The first essay, a key note from a book award in 2018 talking about nationalism, linguistic boundaries, identity, communication, colonialism, Hindutva, her political development and characters from her 2 novels, is brilliantly written and quite evocative. I'm excited to learn more. I've found myself touching on issues around the far right in India & the diaspora more and more in my reading recently, and this book fits into that study nicely.