Indian novelist Rahul Bhattacharya tells the story of a journalist who travels to Guyana and explores a region where descendants of slaves live among old plantations and diamond hunters rove the forests.

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Indian novelist Rahul Bhattacharya tells the story of a journalist who travels to Guyana and explores a region where descendants of slaves live among old plantations and diamond hunters rove the forests.
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