The Legends of Khasak - Opening

I Search of the Sarai

When the bus came to its final halt in Koomankavu, the place did not seem unfamiliar to Ravi.

First published in Malayalam by Current Books 1969

First published in English by Penguin Books India 1994

Copyrigt O. V. Vijayan 1991, 1994

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