Fulmoti by Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay [Hardcover]

"Abel Van Der Berg, a student from Amsterdam, stayed two extra days in Kolkata during a student exchange program to search for his virtual deity, Fulmati Maike. He believes that his birth is due to the extraordinary courage of the young Fulmati from 150 years ago. Abel wants to carry this story back to his country and dreams of narrating it one day while resting his head on his beloved's lap on Texel Island. In his quest for Fulmati's story, Abel is accompanied by Mitali alias Rosie, Sachibabu, and Dilip in Kolkata. Alongside their search across various ghats of Kolkata, the novel unveils the villages of poverty-stricken India from 150 years ago, the indenture system, sugar cultivation in Dutch Guiana, the love story of Marcus and Emily, and the violence and conspiracy among plantation owners. This novel erases the 150-year gap between the two hemispheres of the world."