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It is the summer leading up to the high-stakes national election of 214. Sabita, a middle-aged cook, lives with her son, Dinu, in a terrace room of Jol Pori, the South Kolkata mansion of the prosperous Banerjee household comprising Rana, Ila and their son, Shubho. When communal divisions rear their ugly head on the brink of a controversial election, it becomes apparent that Jol Pori, under its benign surface, is nothing but a microcosm of modern-day India with all its destructive divisions.
Udayan Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He had a two decade career with the financial TV station CNBC, as an anchor and Managing Editor when he quit his day job. He remains an occasional commentator on TV and a columnist for leading newspapers. He divides his time between the Uttarakhand Himalayas and Mumbai. Dark Circles is his first novel.
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