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The Dark Dancer

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Set roughly around the time of Partition, the young Brahmin Krishnan returns home to India after having been abroad in England for 10 years. In order to appease his parents and the wider community, he enters an arranged marriage with …

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Set roughly around the time of Partition, the young Brahmin Krishnan returns home to India after having been abroad in England for 10 years. In order to appease his parents and the wider community, he enters an arranged marriage with a girl named Kamala. Then Cynthia, a former friend from England comes to visit India, which sets in motion a chain of unsettling decisions on Krishnan's part...

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"Set roughly around the time of Partition, the young Brahmin Krishnan returns home to India after having been abroad in England for 10 years. In order to appease his parents …"

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