Brown Man in White Light [Deben Roy] || ব্রাউন ম্যান ইন হোয়াইট লাইট [দেবেন রায়]

Brown Man in White Light is an immigrant’s story set in the United States after the events of September 11, when a nation previously friendly and welcoming of strangers suddenly turns hostile towards many people, including some within its own borders. Dedicated teacher and longtime U.S. resident Robi Sen faces di cult choices after his wife decides to go back home and the authorities begin to investigate his teaching practices, resulting in suspension from his university. How he comes to terms—moving back and forth between continents—with these various personal and profession[1]al losses is the stu- of today’s immigrant lives. No longer having to dig a living out of hardscrabble earth, yet faced with many of the same challenges, each man and woman must search for their own answers. Along the way, Robi nds love and loses it, seeks friendship and community, and arrives at an answer to what the words home and belonging might mean in the age of global citizenship. is is a novel that not only tells us how one man lives but shows us how we all may live. Like its central character, the novel is impassioned and perceptive, and the writing sparkles with insight and humor. e prose is simple and forceful, in the manner of the masters. Roy’s deft handling of language makes for a deceptively easy read, but the protagonist and his joys and sorrows linger in the reader’s mind a long time.