About the Book: Under a Saffron Sky examines India’s growing anxieties around interfaith love, marriage and the political narrative of “love jihad.” Award-winning journalist Ismat Ara draws on extensive field reporting, visiting temples, police stations, courts and the homes of couples living under social and political pressure. Through the experiences of Hindu-Muslim couples, the book explores love, identity, religion, gender, prejudice, family and state power. Rather than offering easy conclusions, Ara documents the human stories behind one of contemporary India’s most contentious political and social debates