I Named My Sister Silence
Manoj Rupda
A brother searches for his sister, who vanished into the jungles of Chhattisgarh to join the Naxals. Manoj Rupda's Hindi novel Kaale Adhyaye was translated into English by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.
Vivek’s Notes
Kaale Adhyaye, translated from the Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. Within its slender frame lie many worlds, from Bastar's forests to the open sea and a barbaric past, all bound by one thread: a brother's search for his sister, who vanished into the jungles of Chhattisgarh to join the Naxals, without a word of goodbye.
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