Patna Blues

Ethnically insightful with political undertones and set in the anarchic Indian province of Bihar of the  1990s, ‘Patna Blues’ follows the life of Arif, a boy born in a segregated poor neighbourhood. He works hard to realise his dream of joining Indian Administrative Service until a middle-aged married woman, Sumitra, crosses his path and changes the course of his life forever. The backdrop of the story is the socio-political conflicts that impacted India in the 1990s. 

Read first two chapters from Patna Blues

REVIEWS:

FRIDAY TIMEShttps://www.thefridaytimes.com/india-and-the-others/

BALOCHISTAN VOICEShttps://balochistanvoices.com/2019/09/book-review-patna-blues/

DNAhttps://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-arif-s-story-restores-humanity-where-it-s-most-needed-2771708

HINDUSTAN TIMEShttps://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-patna-blues-by-abdullah-khan/story-xp8mI7H85dMciR6l23oYqJ.html

DAILY Ohttps://www.dailyo.in/arts/patna-blues-abdullah-khan-book-review-patna-hindu-muslim-divide/story/1/28385.html

DAILY STAR:
https://www.thedailystar.net/literature/news/patna-blues-travails-minority-community-1709227

SUNDAY GUARDIAN
https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/story-hopes-aspirations-failures-disappointments

BUSINESS STANDARD:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/small-town-sisyphus-118120701263_1.html

HINDU BUSINESSLINE: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/patna-blues-holding-on-to-hope/article25576594.ece

 DHAKA TRIBUNE:
https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2019/09/14/patna-blues-chronicles-of-communal-tension-and-forbidden-romance

THE HINDU:  https://www.thehindu.com/books/patna-blues-a-tale-of-perseverance-failure-and-hope/article25568673.ece

SCROLL: https://scroll.in/article/894379/this-patna-novel-is-not-just-about-differences-and-disappointments-its-a-tribute-to-the-90s

ODISHA LIVE:
https://odisha.live/2019/03/24/book-review-patna-blues/

NEW INDIAN EXPRESS: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/apr/30/sincere-storytelling-but-trite-twists-1970877.html

DAILY TIMES
https://dailytimes.com.pk/316987/patna-blues-a-bold-statement-on-plight-of-minorities-in-india/

KITAAB: https://kitaab.org/2019/01/30/book-review-patna-blues-by-abdullah-khan/

AFTERNOON VOICEhttps://www.afternoonvoice.com/patna-blues.html

DIVYA BHASKARhttps://dbpost.com/of-aspirations-disappointments-and-desire-in-patna/

THE BRIDGE CHRONICLE: https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/lifestyle/art-culture/midst-ups-and-downs-life-has-go-35626

LIST OF PUBLISHERS

English (Juggernaut Books, Delhi)

Arabic (Al Arabi Publishers, Cairo)

Kannada (Nav Karnataka Publishers, Bangalore)

Hindi (Manjul Publishing House, Bhopal)

Bangla (Doshor Books, Kolkata)

Punjabi (White Crow Publisher, Mohali)

Marathi (Mehta Publishing House, Pune )

Malayalam (Manjul Publishing House, Kochi )

Tamil (Ethir Veeliyedu, Pollachi)

Telugu ( Anvikshiki Publishers, Hyderabad )