Sudden rain has a peculiar way of rendering a city stagnant-and for one man watching the storm, it becomes the moment that changes everything.

Nirban Mahapatra is a banker, a writer, and a man quietly carrying the weight of memory, desire, and guilt through the streets of Bhubaneswar. When a chance encounter with a Kinnar in the rain unsettles everything he thought he knew, he begins a search for truth that leads him into the hidden lives of people society refuses to fully see.

Through encounters with Shibani, Nadia, Rajiv, and others, Taali unfolds as a deeply human story of identity, longing, betrayal, survival, and the fragile hope of belonging. Set across Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Bangalore, Puri, and Shimla, the novel traces one life shaped by prejudice and resilience, while challenging the reader to look beyond labels and confront the cost of silence.

Beautifully emotional and unflinching,

this is a novel about dignity, love, trauma,

and the courage it takes to live one's truth.

Publisher: BookFuel