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The Sea Elephants tells the story of Shagun, a misfit growing up in 1990s India. After a double tragedy that tears his family apart, the young man tries to outrun the collective grief and guilt that come from the unexpected death. His pain is compounded by the shame his father has instilled in him for straying from a mold he is expected to fit into. But the validation and acceptance his hope to find in a boys’ boarding school is nowhere to be found and Shagun finds himself on the run again. This time, he ends up with a theater troupe that brings to life the Hindu characters he learned about in his childhood. But even among those with whom he belongs, the protagonist finds he cannot outrun the fears and thoughts that shaped him throughout his life — including the haunting terror of being sent to a conversion center by his perpetually disappointed father.

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