Historical fiction novel The Oblique Rays Of Sunshine

June 2017 Darjeeling Hills is witnessing the return of its past ‘Chyasi’. Amidst the revived chaos a middle-aged Charles Nepali Mukherjee is confronted by Mohini Tamang his first love after a twenty- seven years long exile. Then time quietly morphs into the winter of 1990 when Charles a 16-year-old student was first acquainted with his ancestral hometown and Mohini who at the annual winter picnic shares the forbidden family secret accidentally tethering themselves to the immortal soul of History. But secrets have no burial ground. At Pema Kanchi’s bar it escapes a drunk Charles lip. Then Mistake costs Innocence. Lives change overnight. And now after three decades of penitence the estranged lovers confronted by the sinful past memories seek a meaningful resolution. Will Destiny allow them a second chance to justify their atonement? Told through a peculiar narrator Darjeeling town this historical fiction novel unfolds a tale of love loss pain and perseverance. What became and what did not and what is to become in an undying revolution whose cause and consequence remain invariable. Injustice. And according to the narrator sometimes love too suffers a similar fate for it is no less than a revolution.