Love in the time of conflict
THE WEEK India|November 12, 2023
Love conquers all is a trite phrase, and it is doubtful if it is true except in sweeping paperback romances. It is certainly true in Achala Moulik's Phantom Lovers, consisting of two novellas. And why should it not? After all, if such conquering love does not exist, at least on paper, what ideal should mankind strive towards?
ANJULY MATHAI
Love in the time of conflict

Moulik's love stories-With Fate Conspire and Wait!-are set in turbulent times, one during the mutiny of 1857, and the other during the Afghan coup of 1978. Separations are inevitable, because true love must always face opposition. In the first story, it is a separation of time. A century elapses after a young British magistrate, Julian, and a zamindar's daughter, Radha, are torn apart by the mutiny. And now, if souls are truly immortal, can their story be carried on across the frontier of time? 

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