In a Foreign Land, by Chance

-Refers to the Naxalbari period in India and is situated in the communist Czechoslovakia of 1947

-This novel is a follow up of the first novel Ami Anupam on the Naxal movement in West Bengal published in 1976

-The novel is about language and identity that came before the tide of Indian Writing in English that touched India’s shores

Bipasha Choudhury, writer and poet in the English language, living in London for some years, is in Czechoslovakia, as part of a writer’s group – a visit that is set to change her in more ways than one.

This is a time when Czechoslovakia is still a socialist state under Soviet dominion, poised for a major upheaval and change. In this milieu of brewing internal struggle for identity, a life-churning experience awaits Bipasha. Looking for answers outside, Bipasha is about to discover a valuable part of herself to pave a new destiny – in a foreign land, by chance.

The novel is about language and identity that came before the tide of Indian Writing in English that touched India’s shores.