When Dita Roy is appointed as an English lecturer in a college in the sleepy little village of Phulpukur, she puts aside all her doubts about the institution’s dubious credentials and accepts the position. In Phulpukur College, she meets the mysterious Raja, a tall, handsome man with startling grey eyes, who serves her tea on her first day on the job. For Raja, Dita is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise claustrophobic environment. What the two do not know is that their chance encounter will soon gain them, and Phulpukur College, lifelong notoriety….
A comic, hilarious tale about romance tangled up in the complex politics of rural Bengal, The Shotgun Wedding is a sparkling debut showing us, once again, the power of love.
Suchandra Roychowdhury is an educator with almost twenty years of teaching experience. She has taught in several well-known colleges in Kolkata, and has an MA from Presidency University, Kolkata, and an MPhil from the University of Calcutta.
The Shotgun Wedding is her first novel. She lives with her husband and son in Singapore.
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