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AMBER DUSK is Rajat Chaudhuri's debut novel. The book smells of Calcutta streets and resonates with the seductive tunes of Parisian nights. Robot oracles, the enigmatic photographer Valence Jourdain, a shadowy Blue Princess, Indian tribesmen and the mystical Lake Malaren colour this fascinating narrative, creating an edgy reality. The novel presents a rich tapestry of ideas weaving together Calcutta and Paris and the lives and passions of the unforgettable individuals that walk their streets. Here is a delicately crafted story about love, loathing and beatitude and the quest for peace in a time of intolerance.

You can read more about Amber Dusk, sample a few excerpts or buy the book online by visiting this link. Read some of my other writing including short stories, travel pieces, book reviews and an excerpt from my forthcoming novel by clicking on the WORDS tab at the left of this page.

Rajat Chaudhuri

Rajat Chaudhuri has written fiction, book reviews, travel and activist pieces in major Indian dailies and other publications like The Statesman, The Telegraph, Times of India, The Asian Review of Books, Indo-Asian News Service, MSN News,Tales of Asia, and Indian Literature journal (Sahitya Akademi). His short stories have appeared in international venues like Eclectica (US), Asia Writes, L'Allure des Mots, The Legendary (US), Underground Voices Magazine (US), Notes from the Underground (UK), Weirdyear (US) and Indian web venues and literary magazines like Scian (Scientific Indian), Bhashabandhan (Bengali) and Arambha (Bengali). An excerpt from his second novel which is a work-in-progress has been published by Eclectica (US).

Chaudhuri's short story - The Longest Night, won the first prize at the Wordweavers Contest, 2011. Earlier his short story - Watersmoke, about the effects of genetically modified marijuana on the intellect, won a prize in the Scian Short Story Competition 2006. He was a 2010 Resident Writer at the Sangam House International Writer's Residency Programme.

Chaudhuri is founder of the civil-society group, Southern Initiatives. He has been a contributor to the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. In the past he has worked for an international consumer rights group, a Japanese Mission and had been an elected NGO representative at the United Nations, New York. He lives and writes in Calcutta.