The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla

I also wanted an opportunity to write a love story that transcended gender and sexual orientation, ironically by exposing those very elements and rendering them irrelevant against a backdrop of human drama. Men who deny their sexuality either out of shame or social pressures and end up marrying and raising families, only to end up - at best - completely unfulfilled, or worst - devastating their families when they come out is a tale as old as time. The Advocate: What was your inspiration for the new book? Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla: I wanted to explore the tragedies we unleash, not just on ourselves, but also upon those we love, when we forgo truth in a futile attempt to fit in and comply with what is expected of us. Dhalla talks to The Advocate about what inspired his novel and why it's resonating with an unexpected audience of readers. Despite its gay theme, the book has crossed over into the mainstream, drawing raves from critics and other writers, both gay and straight. With his latest novel, The Two Krishnas (Magnus Books, $14.95), the author chronicles a married man who risks everything to have an affair with a much younger man. by Magnus Books.As with Ode to Lata, his autobiographical debut novel about a young Hindu man coming to terms with being gay, out Indian author Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla continues to write about provocative subject matter. The Exiles was a finalist for the prestigious Lambda Literary Award.The Exiles was published as The Two Krishnas in the U.S.

Set in Kenya, India and finally, Los Angeles, where it culminates in an epic conclusion. The Exiles evokes unforgettable characters to explore how, with a new world come new freedoms, and with them, the choices that could change everything we know about those we thought we knew, including ourselves. At the center of the novel is Pooja Kapoor, a betrayed wife and mother whose world capsizes when she discovers her husband, Rahul, has fallen in love with another man, Atif. The Exiles evokes unforgettable characters to explore how, with a new world come new freedoms, The Exiles is classic story of love and loss told from the perspectives of a wife, husband and his lover.

The Exiles is classic story of love and loss told from the perspectives of a wife, husband and his lover.

The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla