The Calcutta Chromosome

Set mostly in Calcutta and as the caption goes “this is a story of fevers, delirium,…”. No doubt, it is. The story is loosely based on the life of Sir Ronald Ross who discovered the female anopheles mosquito to be the carrier of Malaria.

The story is set in the past, present, and future. At times it is confusing as well. We see different characters in different settings. But each of them represent the a corresponding character in a different timeframe. The main character is Antar who keeps track of some information being loaded into the system. While analysing some information he comes across the news of a guy Murukan who disappeared mysteriously in Calcutta. This takes us to an entirely new world of black magic, mysteries, and fear.

The story is a sci-fi which states that Ronald Ross had not actually discovered the truth about Malaria but it was all an accident. It also has mystery and fears in it. There are instances which gave me a chill in the spine.

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    One Comment

    16 Aug 2008 | Rockus

    The climax of the novel was sorta ‘meh’ for me. Very underwhelming.