Kafka in Kolkata and Other Stories

Kafka in Kolkata and Other Stories is a searing surreal and darkly lyrical journey into the fractured soul of contemporary India. In these haunting tales myth collides with modernity and satire dances with sorrow as the ordinary becomes uncanny and the grotesque eerily familiar. From a Kafkaesque rat navigating Kolkata’s bureaucratic maze to caste-crossed lovers defying a brutal political order each story lays bare the hypocrisies violence and spiritual hollowness festering beneath the surface of everyday life. With razor-sharp wit and poetic depth Tapan K. Ghosh holds a mirror to a nation sleepwalking through injustice and moral decay. Bold unsettling and brilliantly imagined this debut collection marks the arrival of a powerful new voice in Indian fiction.