About the Book: Jaya Ganga
A remarkable journey—part pilgrimage, part romantic odyssey—down Indias
mightiest river, the Ganga. Nishant, a young Indian writer living in Paris, is
haunted by the memory of an enigmatic Parisienne who claims to be two
persons—Jaya and Nadja. He decides to journey down the Ganges, from its source
in the Himalayas to where it meets the sea, with a desire to write about this
voyage and his memories of Jaya. On the banks of the Ganga, he meets Zehra, an
irresistible dancing girl in the tradition of the great tawaiffs, who performs
in a nearby brothel. Zehra resurrects the memory of