Mint Lounge, Oct 6, 2024
The Many Lives of Syeda X — life at the bottom of Delhi’s pyramid Neha Dixit’s vivid chronicle of an urban migrant’s struggle to survive plays out against the backdrop of modern India
Written after almost a decade of reporting, Neha Dixit’s ‘The Many Lives of Syeda X’ is an eye-opening work of extreme courage
Rahul Jacob
Financial Times, Sep 27, 2024
The Many Lives of Syeda X — life at the bottom of Delhi’s pyramid
Neha Dixit’s vivid chronicle of an urban migrant’s struggle to survive plays out against the backdrop of modern India
John Reed
BBC, Aug 1, 2024
50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen labour of an Indian female worker
Ms Dixit’s book shines a spotlight on the invisible lives of India’s neglected female home-based workers.
Soutik Biswas
Scroll.in, Sep 8, 2024
‘The Many Lives of Syeda X’: The story of an everywoman whose constant battles build our economy
The book is a testament to what fine journalism promises to be – rich, complex, empowering the forgotten, and capable of capturing the zeitgeist.
Priavi Joshi
NDTV Profit, Aug 11, 2024
The Invisible India Book Everyone Must Read
Modi’s India is a key protagonist alongside titular character Syeda, who has held 50 jobs in 30 years, in Neha Dixit’s new book
Priya Ramani
The Federal, Aug 11, 2024
The Many Lives of Syeda X review: Powerful portrait of India’s hapless migrants, helpless poor
Neha Dixit’s book tells the extraordinary story of ordinary people — the invisibles. Through the lens of a single family’s story, it exposes the harsh realities that define the lives of millions on the margins
Ruben Banerjee
Frontline, Sep 29, 2024
Bollywood’s shallow realism
Hindi cinema’s current embrace of realism isn’t inclusive. It shows the same power structures as before, just dressed up as middle-class stories.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Wire Hindi, Sep 21, 2024
मांगती है सईदा पिछले तीस बरसों का हिसाब
पुस्तक समीक्षा: आज की मूलतः पुरुष केंद्रित पत्रकारिता के बीच पत्रकार नेहा दीक्षित अपनी किताब ‘द मैनी लाइव्स ऑफ सईदा एक्स’ में एक मुस्लिम महिला और असंगठित मज़दूर की कहानी कहने का जोखिम उठाती हैं.
अमिता शीरीं
The New Indian Express, Sep 20, 2024
Extraction at Point Zero
A play and a book highlight that the labour and the bodies of women are the sites where the empire of capitalism is built
Prachi Satrawal
Youth Ki Awaaz, Sep 9, 2024
‘The Many Lives of Syeda X’ Exposes The Exploitation Of Female Migrant Laborers
The Many Lives of Syeda X” is reporting at it’s finest- the author tells the story with empathy, but without losing the ability to be critical of the person she is writing about.
Natasha Ramarathnam
The Aidem, Sep 16, 2024
‘The Many Lives of Syeda X’ is an emphatic statement of empathy to Syeda and her ilk and a salutation for her resolve
It is a book that should not be missed, for it gives an opportunity to understand and identify with the lives of the poor and the marginalised in our country.
Gaurav Tiwari