"A single breach can bring the embankment crumbling down," cautioned Debeshwar. "And the whole village will be flooded." That was exactly what Barua had in mind, until the police net closed in on him. Between him and freedom stood thirteen year old Moina. He smashed his fist into the helpless boy's face. Moina tottered and fell. With a growl of anger, Cheekah sprang at the villain!
ARUP KUMAR DUTTA is a fulltime author and freelance journalist from Assam in North-East India who has attained international recognition. A prolific and versatile writer and scholar, during a span of five decades he has written short-fiction, long-fiction, non-fiction, satires, newspaper editorials, articles and columns, as well as books for young adults. So far he has written 18 books for adults and 17 adventure novels for young people. He has been not only acknowledged as a pioneer in English writing in the North-East, but also as a writer who has spent a lifetime familiarizing the rest of India about the history and culture of this region.