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	== Critical reception ==		== Critical reception ==
	Anand Vardhan states that the novel anticipated India's initial response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in its portrayal of a pandemic where civil servants are preoccupied more with "procedure and spin".<ref name=":1" /> Anjana Sharma, writing for The Hindu, says that it "it dares to voice a moral outrage that very rarely finds its way into fiction".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=The Mammaries of the Welfare State - Upamanyu Chatterjee\|url=https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/chatteru/msotws.htm\|access-date=2021-06-10\|website=www.complete-review.com}}</ref> Various reviews praise the humour of the novel as a "hilarious satire",<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Sandhu\|first=Nirmal\|date=7 January 2001\|title=India's uncivil service\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/books.htm\|url-status=live\|access-date=10 June 2021\|website=The Tribune}}</ref> "funny"<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|title=Chatterjee: The Mammaries of the Welfare State {{!}} The Modern Novel\|url=https://www.themodernnovel.org/asia/other-asia/india/chatterjee/mammaries/\|access-date=2021-06-10\|website=www.themodernnovel.org}}</ref> and "a book of laughter and disgust".<ref name=":0" />		Anand Vardhan states that the novel anticipated India's initial response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in its portrayal of a pandemic where civil servants are preoccupied more with "procedure and spin".<ref name=":1" /> Anjana Sharma, writing for The Hindu, says that it "dares to voice a moral outrage that very rarely finds its way into fiction".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=The Mammaries of the Welfare State - Upamanyu Chatterjee\|url=https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/chatteru/msotws.htm\|access-date=2021-06-10\|website=www.complete-review.com}}</ref> Various reviews praise the humour of the novel as a "hilarious satire",<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Sandhu\|first=Nirmal\|date=7 January 2001\|title=India's uncivil service\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/books.htm\|url-status=live\|access-date=10 June 2021\|website=The Tribune}}</ref> "funny"<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|title=Chatterjee: The Mammaries of the Welfare State {{!}} The Modern Novel\|url=https://www.themodernnovel.org/asia/other-asia/india/chatterjee/mammaries/\|access-date=2021-06-10\|website=www.themodernnovel.org}}</ref> and "a book of laughter and disgust".<ref name=":0" />

	It received some criticism for its structure, focus and length. Vardhan criticizes the novel's "scattered plot and meandering narratives",<ref name=":1" /> while Sharma concurs that it is "a bit repetitive".<ref name=":2" /> The Modern Novel states that it "does drag out somewhat" and "you just want him to get on with the story. Which he doesn’t."<ref name=":3" />		It received some criticism for its structure, focus and length. Vardhan criticizes the novel's "scattered plot and meandering narratives",<ref name=":1" /> while Sharma concurs that it is "a bit repetitive".<ref name=":2" /> The Modern Novel states that it "does drag out somewhat" and "you just want him to get on with the story. Which he doesn’t."<ref name=":3" />

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{{Infobox book | 
| name = The Mammaries of the Welfare State
| image = Image:MammariesWelfare.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]
| cover_artist =
| country = India
| language = English
| series =
| genre =
| publisher = [[Viking Press]]
| release_date = 2000
| pages = 437 pp
| isbn = 0-670-87934-7
| dewey = 823/.914 21
| congress = PR9499.3.C4665 M36 2000
| oclc = 45845242
| preceded_by = [[English, August]]
| followed_by =
}}

'''The Mammaries of the Welfare State''' is an English-language Indian novel, the sequel to [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]]’s [[debut novel]], ''[[English, August]]'', also told from the perspective of the fictional character Agastya Sen.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=S.|last=Prasannarajan|date=2 July 2012|title=Book review: The Mammaries of the Welfare State by Agastya Sen|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20001204-book-review-the-mammaries-of-the-welfare-state-by-agastya-sen-761681-2012-07-02|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> It won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (English) in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi_awards.jsp|title=Sahitya Akademi Awards listings|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]], Official website}}</ref> The novel tells the story of political bureaucracy in the fictional state of Madna when an epidemic breaks out.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Vardhan|first=Anand|title=A mess foretold: Reading Mammaries of the Welfare State amid a pandemic|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/28/a-mess-foretold-reading-the-mammaries-of-the-welfare-state-amid-a-pandemic|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Newslaundry}}</ref> The title derives from a line of dialog in the novel, where a civil servant states "In my eight years of service, I haven’t come across a single case in which everybody concerned didn’t try to milk dry the boobs of the Welfare State"<ref name=":1" />

== Critical reception ==
Anand Vardhan states that the novel anticipated India's initial response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in its portrayal of a pandemic where civil servants are preoccupied more with "procedure and spin".<ref name=":1" /> Anjana Sharma, writing for The Hindu, says that it "it dares to voice a moral outrage that very rarely finds its way into fiction".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Mammaries of the Welfare State - Upamanyu Chatterjee|url=https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/chatteru/msotws.htm|access-date=2021-06-10|website=www.complete-review.com}}</ref> Various reviews praise the humour of the novel as a "hilarious satire",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sandhu|first=Nirmal|date=7 January 2001|title=India's uncivil service|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/books.htm|url-status=live|access-date=10 June 2021|website=The Tribune}}</ref> "funny"<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Chatterjee: The Mammaries of the Welfare State {{!}} The Modern Novel|url=https://www.themodernnovel.org/asia/other-asia/india/chatterjee/mammaries/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=www.themodernnovel.org}}</ref> and "a book of laughter and disgust".<ref name=":0" />

It received some criticism for its structure, focus and length. Vardhan criticizes the novel's "scattered plot and meandering narratives",<ref name=":1" /> while Sharma concurs that it is "a bit repetitive".<ref name=":2" /> The Modern Novel states that it "does drag out somewhat" and "you just want him to get on with the story. Which he doesn’t."<ref name=":3" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Sahitya Akademi Award for English}}

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[[Category:2000 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]
[[Category:Sequel novels]]
[[Category:Viking Press books]]

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