An excerpt from ‘A Ballad Of Remittent Fever’, a novel by Ashoke Mukhopadhyay.

In the early years of the twentieth century, Calcutta is grappling with deadly diseases such as the plague, cholera, typhoid, malaria, and kala-azar caused by viruses, bacteria, and other infectious organisms. The populace is restive under British rule, and World War I looms large on the horizon.

Set against this tumultuous backdrop, is an indelible tale of loss, hope, love, and mortality.

A family of extraordinary physicians who battle epidemics, deadly diseases, love and loss, in the city of dichotomies that is Calcutta.

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