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Debendranath Roy, presumed dead, leaves behind a pale, languishing wife and a mystery that takes 20 years to unfold. His hidden passion for his brother’s wife, his own wife’s unrequited love and his niece’s obsession to uncover the truth create the beauty, power and tension of this story. ... read more

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It was not far from the railway station to the boarding house, and he was able to drag his trunk across the road and down the narrow street by halting every few steps to blow upon his frozen fingers and allow himself to be briefly immersed in the perverse fantasy that he might never see her again.

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  1. Sunetra Gupta (Author)
 

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