“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.

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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