A SIN OF COLOUR

Sunetra Gupta

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.

A Sin of Color tells the story of three generations, and of a house in Calcutta calle

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