Smita Bhattacharya
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A dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets... and the lengths we go to, to save the ones we love. For lovers of non-formulaic domestic noir suspense.For this family, the lockdown came as a blessing.On 24 March 2020, with merely a four-hour notice, the Indian government declared a three-week lockdown as a containment measure for COVID-19. In terms of scale and severity, this lockdown was unparalleled worldwide. However, quite unexpectedly, for...
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A story earlier published in London Literary Review and Elsewherelit. With an ending that will leave your skin crawling. India. 1947. A bloody event changed the country's fabric. A family was annihilated. Only one among them survived. But she turned into a living shell, because of the secret that was eating her inside. 'Bitter' is the story of a woman who escaped to India during the Bengal (India) partition of 1947 and saw better days but had to live...