• ISBN13: 9789381523803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publisher Imprint: Niyogi Books
• Publication Date: February 16, 2013
• Pages: 216
• Original Price: 350.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 371 grams

Other Lives, Other Fragments is a tale of fragmented identities, of lives broken and destroyed during violent times. It looks at the human story behind cataclysmic events through the diary of Badrul Islam, dispossessed during the 1947 and 1971 riots, and the tale of Manik, a boy who is from nowhere and is going nowhere, and how their lives touch each other. Through these searing portrayals the author tries to explore the implications of acts of hate undertaken in the name of religion and politics.

Sanjay Dasgupta trained as a mechanical engineer, strayed into journalism and has been a journalist ever since. From New York to Beijing, from the small village of Durness in Scotland to the towns and villages in India and Bangladesh, he has travelled widely. He is a voracious reader,and his other passions include classical music, both Indian and Western. Born and brought up in Calcutta, Sanjay started off as a reporter with the Business Standard. He is now a journalist based in London, where he lives with his wife and son. This is his debut novel.