Goa. Beyond the sunny beaches, the music and the feni, lies a hinterland caught between the past and present. Here, soon after Liberation, the beautiful young Maria is swept off her feet by the French artist Marcel-an affair that ends in tragedy. Decades later, it is this dark, rain-lashed Goa that writer Raja Prasad arrives in as he flees from the dreariness of his own life.
A what-if love story for Kipling
Shreekumar Varma’s latest book recreates the world of an Anglo-Indian in today’s age.
Madras in words
by Shreekumar Varma
Asia Pacific Literary Festival
28, 29 & 30th Nov '22 @ Bangalore