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"A Novel Filled with unexpected turns and beauty"

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"A Novel Filled with unexpected turns and beauty"

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- Chithra Divakaruni(Best selling author of The Palace of Illusions)

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A Classic Tale of Tragic Forbidden Love

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A Classic Tale of Tragic Forbidden Love

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' The Exiles '(The Two Krishnas) is a classic story of love and loss,  told from the perspectives of a wife,  husband and his lover.It's a book about love coming out of the closet and since it is not exactly between man and wife. There is an inevitable trauma in the family. Drawing from Hindu mythology and romantic Sufi poetry, ‘THE EXILES‘ tells the story of infidelity and what it means to be in love - Which is pain, apparently as no one in the books starts out happy or become happy at any point  in the novel.

The novel starts by focusing on Rahul, a workaholic banker who is an  Indian man from Kenya, currently living in  California. He and his wife, Pooja have been married for many years and they have a son Ajay,  who is also there. The story centers around Rahul, and the affair he’s having with a younger man named Atif, a Muslim from Mumbai working as a store keeper in book stall. Atif is the age of Rahul’s son Ajay.

The story explores mainly the life and journey of its protogonists - Pooja ,Rahul and Atif.  Pooja lives happily  accepted her role as wife and mother in reproducing the culinary finery of Indian cuisine both at home and for a Restaurant /shop . The story begins some years after  their arrival when Ajay has become a college student. Rahul has growing distant his relationship with Ajay borders on formal and his attention to his beautiful wife’s needs has waned. Pooja yearns for the sensuality of the early days of their marriage but finds solace in looking after his son, her cooking, her friend Sonali, a neighbour who loves to gossip. Rahul is an atheist and has divorced himself from his part. He bears a strange inner longing that  surface in a book store when he make eye contact with Atif, young Muslim boy. The look is returned and shortly the two men discover their sensual  feeling  and being an affair.

Rahul attempts  to keep both side of his emotional life alive, he is still devoted to Pooja  and Ajay but for the first time since a tragic child hood experience he is in touch with his sexuality. Pooja notes the  growing distance between them but it is not until Sonali spice  on Rahul and Atif  in embrace  that Pooja  must face the fact that her husband has found love with a man. The manner in which Pooja  and Rahul cope with the change winds into an ending that is profoundly surprising.

One of the  many gift of Dhalla is his comfortable manipulation of Hindu myths and traditions. He surreys many of the beliefs  and myths of Hinduism that offer  explanation  of human behavior, including sexuality.  His dialogue peppered with influence from  Muslim  thoughts ( from Athif) and Hindu thought (from Pooja ). It is also smoothly sophisticated in construction in a way that makes his very sensual love scenes excitingly poetic and credible. Everything is brought together with great attention to details prose in order to make this book what it is.

Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla's book catches you unawares. In fact, 'The Exiles' hits its stride somewhere in the middle of its rambling narrative. It's comes into its own when the author explores an extra marital fling between two men from the point of view of a wife. And the ending of the novel is an emotional outburst both for the characters and the reader.

' The Exiles ' was a finelist for the prestigious Lambada Literery Award.

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The Exiles🎤

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About his Books🎤

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Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla: First Second or Third Person?

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