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AFTER THE CROSSING has two parts.The first part is about a man named Haru Ghosh who with his family migrates to India from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)during the India- Pakistan war of 1971. After the war he settles down at the fringe of a big city (Calcutta).He has two sons; the elder named Kailashnath and the younger Krishnanath. The second part is about Krishnanath who is a wagon-breaker and his elder brother Kailashnath joins the Naxalite movement(extreme left politics).The story is about love, passion and power, depicting our time and its politics.

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Born in 1956, wrote poetry from the age of sixteen.Started writing short stories in the year 2001.Has a collection of short stories published. This is his first novel.

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