The Opium Clerk by Kunal Basu [in AsianWeek]
26 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian
Born Hiranyagabha Chakraborti in 1857 during the time of the Indian Mutiny (when Indians rebelled against the ruling British) on the same day of his father’s death, Hiran (as he comes to be called)...