Chapter 1

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.