A sequel to 'Krishna, A Love Story', 'Rahul' is set against the backdrop of two critical events that impacted Indian political history in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One was the rise of a Maoist movement espousing the cause of landless farmers; the other, India's war with Pakistan, which led to the creation of Bangladesh. Like thousands of young students, many from affluent families, Rahul, himself the son of a landowner, is drawn to the Maoists.Eventually, the movement was infiltrated by the CIA. With he movement's collapse,many Maoists (also known as Naxalites) found refuge in North America. Rahul was one such beneficiary.

Contributors are: Adelle Foley, Molly Peacock, Franz Douskey, Anne Marie Macari, David, Jay Parini, Stephen Sandy, Ralph James Savarese, Richard Wibur, Jan Heller Levi, Julio Marzán, Charles Pratt, Frederick Feirstein, Samuel Hazo, Michael Collier, Greg Delanty, Dick Allen, Robert Bagg, Diana der-Hovanessian, Wendell Berry, John Drexel, Clayton Eshleman, Jack Foley, Margaret Gibson, Judith Hall, Michael Harper, Richard Harteis, William Heyen, Ben Howard, X.J. Kennedy, Caroline Knox, Maxine Kumin, David Lehman, Gardner McFall. David McKain, Jane Mead, Kevin McGrath, Joan Alesire William Meredith, Alicia Ostriker, Marge Piercy, David Ray, Judy Ray, F.D. Reeve, Ira Sadoff, Richard Schaaf, James Scully, Vivian Shipley, Robert Siegel, W.D. Snodgrass, Lucien Stryk, Thom Tammaro, Michael Waters, Cecilia Woloch, and Matthew Zapruder.Ashis Gupta, the editor of this collection, is a novelist and the publisher of Bayeux Arts, Inc. Ashis holds a doctorate in English Literature from Boston University, and has taught in many parts of the world. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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