STHALANTAR - Umesh Kadam - Bog

SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, PEOPLE HAVE MIGRATED FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER. REASONS FOR MIGRATION KEEP CHANGING FROM TIME TO TIME. DURING MODERN TIMES, PEOPLE MIGRATE MOSTLY TO SAVE THEIR LIVES FROM WARS, VIOLENCE, POLITICAL PERSECUTION, STARVATION, ETC. MOST PEOPLE MIGRATE ILLEGALLY. SOME CATEGORIES OF MIGRANTS ARE PROTECTED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. HOWEVER, IN MOST CASES OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION, THE HOST STATES HAVE A RIGHT TO REFUSE ASYLUM TO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS. 'STHALANTAR' MEANS MIGRATION. THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON REAL STORIES OF MIGRANTS AND THEIR PLIGHT. THE AUTHOR HAS COMBINED FACT AND FICTION TO DEVELOP AN INTERESTING AND DRAMATIC STORY.