A Storm Rages

Manoj Das has to his credit, in more than one sense of that term, several collections of short stories, published in England and the United States, and much acclaimed there. He won prizes for literature, not only in his state, Orissa, but also in the wider context of India—a Sahitya Akademi award as far back as 1972. One turns to his first novel therefore with great expectations, and one is not disappointed.