Arup Chakraborty

Without a Rhyme or Reason Arup Chakraborty

Based in India, this is a story of human emotions against the backdrop of socio-economic and political changes. Set during the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, this is a novel in verse and is a story within a story. W ild winds of change across the country, I ndia, as it inches towards the 21st century; T rauma of a poet's soul through blood and pus, H aunted by a knife, an innocent school bus. O f a siesta, a couple in deep conversation, U shering lost love, a bit of hallucination; T ensed moments between a mother and daughter, A s a photograph questions them forever; R unning and flying high at seventy three, H orrors and humiliation, life of a refugee; Y ellow, old building with its very own pain, M ulling over an ox, a banyan tree, a rickety drain; E venings that dissolve into a dark nightmare, O ver and over, forever at you, they stare; R ummaging through silence, husband and wife, R esurrecting hope and faith, an unborn life. E tched at the backdrop of communal tension, A midst love, hope and sinful aspiration, S tory of pain, hatred, revenge and treason, O ver two decades and half a season N urtured painstakingly in without a rhyme or reason...