Jeremy Corbyn reading Susmita's book

October 21, 2019 10:30

A break from election news.

This is a first for sure.

The Daily Mail newspaper reported last weekend that 'Sparring with Boris Johnson hasnt stopped Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn from finding the time to relax at home.' Corbyn, for folks who may not know, heads Britain's main Opposition Labour party.

'I unwind by reading. Im reading a very good book at the moment about a Hindu lesbian," Corby told the Daily Mail, about The Normal State Of Mind by Susmita Bhattacharya.'

"She escapes from Calcutta to Mumbai because her family discovered she was having an affair with a wealthy woman, whose husband also found out and so put a stop to all of it," Corbyn added to the Mail.

Susmita, a former Mumbai native and Rediff contributor, won the first prize under the category 'Memoir' at the prestigious University of Winchester Writers' Festival in 2016 for her essay: Touchstone -- A Cancer Diary.

You can read more about Susmita here

Well done, Susmita!

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