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Spotlight: The Ekkos Clan by Sudipto Das

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The Ekkos Clan 
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Sudipto Das
The Blurb
 "The Ekkos Clan" is the story of Kratu’s search for the killers of his family, his own roots and the mystery behind his grandmother’s stories.It’s the fascinating account of Kubha and the basketful of folklore she inherited from her ancestors. The eventful lives of Kubha and her family span a hundred years and encompass turbulent phases of Indian history. The family saga unfurls gradually, along with Kubha’s stories, through the three main characters – Kratu Sen, a grad student at Stanford, Kratu’s best friend Tista Dasgupta, and Afsar Fareedi, a linguistic palaeontologist.
Afsar hears about Kubha’s stories from Kratu in a casual conversation, but she figures that these stories are not meant to be mere bed time tales – they contain rich linguistic fossils and layers of histories.In a bizarre incident Kratu miraculously survives an attempt on his life. His sister and uncle had not been so lucky. Were these murders acts of revenge, or a larger ideological conflict connected to Kubha’s stories which conceal perilous secrets that should be suppressed?
Afsar, Kratu and Tista travel across continents to unravel the mystery of Kubha’s roots and the origin of her stories.At a different level, the novel subtly delves into the origin of one of the oldest civilizations of the world and the first book written by mankind.
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Meet the Author
Sudipto was born in Calcutta to a family which fled Bangladesh during the partition riots of 1947. He grew up listening horrid stories of the partition, something which he has used extensively in his debut novel The Ekkos Clan. He completed his engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1996. He lives in Bangalore.
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Media Mentions 
"A promising debut in the growing realm of modern Indian fiction" - Jug Suraiya 
"An Indian thriller inspired by Dan Brown & Harrison Ford!... fast-paced thriller, replete with murder and miraculous escapes" - Telegraph 
"If you are a history buff and a thriller aficionado, then [it] might just be the book for you" - The Hindu 
"A tale of the Indian civilization and culture... takes you on a roller coaster ride" - The New Indian Express 
"An interesting read for an afternoon... One feisty woman's partition story" - Bangalore Mirror 
"Should be read for its sheer aspiration and the intelligent handling of historical material" - The Sunday Guardian 
"Is essentially a mystery novel, but is grounded in a substantial base of research and exploration into our past" - newsyaps.com
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