The dark dancer; a novel

Description:

Set roughly around the time of Partition, the young Brahmin Krishnan returns home to India after having been abroad in England for 10 years. In order to appease his parents and the wider community, he enters an arranged marriage with a girl named Kamala. Then Cynthia, a former friend from England comes to visit India, which sets in motion a chain of unsettling decisions on Krishnan's part...

subjects: India,  Indian marriage,  Brahmins,  Indian Literature,  Postcolonial novel,  community unrest

People: Rajan Balachandra

Places: India

Times: India 1945-1950