The Hornbill Crescendo

<p><i>“As well as being a love story this authentic work backed by a rich tapestry of Indian lore focuses on modern lives that clash against a rapidly vanishing Indian.” </i>- Sue Lewando</p><p>The Hornbill Crescendo portrays the idyllic landscapes around the villages of north-eastern India revealing the beauty of life blossoming in its diversity. Happiness there is abundant radiated in the wrinkles and creases on every dimpled face. Peace love and lust; intoxication violence and anxiety; indulgence aggression and pure submission unfold in vibrant colour through the narration.</p><p>This work of fiction exposes social hypocrisy and the peculiarity of taboos and customs balanced against real lives in rural villages that remain close to nature. </p><p>It is a love story in which two young people when attempting to cross the social divide have to overcome the conflicts of each other’s cultural identities. </p><p><i>“People in the hills aren’t they luckier? They are not carried away by complex taboos and cultural intricacies; instead they laugh heartily and die with a smile on their lips.”</i></p>