A Man from Motihari

When dapper Aslam, an aspiring writer, who is recovering from a broken relationship, accidently meets Jessica, an activist and an actor in the adult entertainment industry from Los Angeles, they fall hopelessly in love with each other. The novel is about these two unlikely characters and their journeys in the backdrop of the rise of right-wing political forces in India. It takes you to the Indian hinterlands to bring to light George Orwell's deep connection with Motihari, a small town in the northern part of Bihar from where Gandhi Ji experimented with Satyagraha for the first time. When dapper Aslam an aspiring writer from a small town of India who is recovering from a broken relationship accidently meets gorgeous and intelligent Jessica an actor activist and ex-pornstar from Los Angeles they fall hopelessly in love with each other. This novel is about these two unlikely characters and their journeys in the backdrop of the rise of right-wing political forces in India. In this novel besides telling his story Aslam the protagonist also meditates over his understandings of weighty issues like national and religious identities political violence and concept of morality and pure love. Set in the backdrop of the meteoric rise of extreme right-wing politics in India the novel also takes its readers on a cultural journey of the Indian hinterlands telling them about George Orwell's connection with Motihari a dust-ridden town of 100000 which is famous for its sweet mangoes its criminal politicians and kidnapping gangs.