About the Book: Set along the legendary Subarnarekha River, Gold Sand, Gold Water by Nalini Bera weaves together folklore, memory, and the realities of marginalized communities living on its banks. Through the eyes of young Lolin, the novel portrays the struggles, traditions, and changing lives of the Hatua people, part of Adivasi and Dalit communities, as they face social inequality and the impact of modernisation. Lyrical and deeply evocative, this Bengali literary masterpiece explores caste, forbidden love, identity, and the fragile beauty of a disappearing way of life.