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Nilanjan P. Choudhury

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Shillong, India

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Historical Fiction, Humor, Thriller

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Nilanjan P. Choudhury’s most recent novel is Song of the Golden Sparrow: A Novel History of Free India His earlier novel Shillong Times: A Story of Friendship And Fear
is a coming- of-age story set against the ethnic conflict in Shillong in the 1980s and has been widely praised as a significant contribution to North-east literature.

His debut novel, a mythological thriller entitled Bali and the Ocean of Milk, was a best-seller. His subsequent writings include The Case of the Secretive Sister, a contemporary detective caper set in Bangalore and two plays on science history—The Square Root of a Sonnet and The Trial of Abdus Salam, which received wide critical acclaim and have been staged across multiple cities in India and the US.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 437 ratings · 181 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shillong Times: A Story of Friendship And Fear 4.22 avg rating — 170 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bali and the Ocean of Milk 3.02 avg rating — 123 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of the Golden Sparrow: A Novel History of Free India 4.63 avg rating — 64 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A wonderful collection of stories across a wide range of situations and characters but always relatable. The gentle humour and sharp observations had me chuckling and smiling all through.
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