Flight of the Swans

It is a love story of an Anglo-Nepalese woman, Hamsa, with three lovers at different phases of her life. Set in the 19th century, it is about the Indian renaissance and encounters and exchanges between the East and West, Vedanta-Tantra and Christianity, new liberalism and caste. The novel deals with a family of Brahmin royals with convert British blood, unknown even to them and others, the story is about an incestuous alliance, deceit and compassion. The drama sweeps across continents. Poets and gigantic intellects, the legends of the era, participate. The alter egos of Sri Aurobindo and Oscar Wilde interpret the idea of man. Therefore, the language is lyrical and poetic at places.