PATNA BLUES

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Parts 4
Time 47m

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Ethnically insightful with political undertones and set in the anarchic Indian province of Bihar of the  1990s, 'Patna' Blues follows the life of Arif, a boy born in a segregated poor Muslim neighborhood. He works hard to realize his dream of joining Indian Administrative Service until a middle-aged married Hindu woman, Sumitra, crosses his path and changes the course of his life forever. The backdrop of the story is the socio-political conflicts that impacted India in the 1990s.
It was published in English by Juggernaut Books, India.
Patna Blues is being translated into 12 languages including Arabic and Persian.All Rights Reserved

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