Jugari Cross

Jugari Cross – is a popular Kannada novel by K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi, a celebrated writer from Karnataka. It is a suspense thriller that unfolds over a 24-hour period, blending a gripping story with deep philosophical and socio-economic commentary. The novel centers around an ordinary farming couple, Suresh and Gowri, from the Malnad region of Karnataka. They travel by bus to sell a cardamom crop and unexpectedly find themselves entangled in the dangerous world of an underground network, referred to as the “Jugari Cross”. As they struggle for survival.