Innocence

I based my book Innocence on the Partition ofIndia in 1947. Innocence follows Shukumar, themale protagonist. He grew up in a repressedsociety like India,in which open sexuality istaboo and kept hidden. However, in Westernculture,it is accepted and embraced as anatural human characteristic. So, when hesettled in Europe, coming into contact withopen sexual expression had a dramatic impact.This gave the illusion of sexual freedom andgratification that led to social decadence and'Hell'. Shukumar plunges himself into theinferno to taste Hell and encounters death butsurvives. Kakoli-the female protagonist who wasgang raped by the Moslem goondas during riotsand dumped into a ditch escaped death. Theauthor talks about the human animalisticpassion for killing and thirst for blood thathas stained the psyche of humanity.