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In Pursuit of the Fire-breather
In this sequel to “In Quest of the Rainbow,” Isabella Hamilton’s search for her estate and her parents takes her across the length of India and beyond, relentlessly pursued by her unknown enemies. But a group from her estate is always by her side, guiding her, advising her and protecting her. Joe McLeod, who has been tasked by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to convey her to her estate, joins her in her search, thereby lending her valuable support. But are the ones she believes to be her enemies, really so, or are they, unknown to her, actually her friends and protectors? And are Baldev Singh and his group, claiming to be from her estate, really her protectors, or are ...
The Real Thakur
'Thakur Sahab, you were trying to build the dream house for your daughter on a bedrock of lies. Sooner or later the impending waves of reality would have torn asunder' Avinash was a lad belonging to the lower caste, deeply in love with Sapna, the daughter of an orthodox and opinionated Thakur Baldev Singh. For Baldev Singh, nothing matters more than holding his family's dogmatic traditions. After all, a family’s pride and reputation come first. Red flowers of the Gulmohar tree were strewn all over the place as if a red carpet had been rolled out to welcome Sapna, his love. Longing intently for Sapna at the rendezvous, Avinash's romantic thoughts transcend to a state of bliss. Poetry flows through his lips. Let beheading act be so quick, The truth prevailing must not die, Lord, pardon thee for the sinful act, And pardon thee for the sinful act. Jorawar Singh and his love for Sapna is not unrequited, then what transpired? Will Jorawar succeed in his devious schemes? There is gunfire at the marriage venue, who was killed? Many questions are born as the gripping romantic suspense thriller interwoven with drama, action, and much more unfolds.
In Quest of the Rainbow
The year is 1813. From the turbulence of Europe, ravaged by Napoleon’s rampaging armies, to the seething cauldron of India, comes a lad, Joseph McLeod, twenty years of age, newly recruited in the East India Company’s Bengal Army. While still in London, he comes across an exotically beautiful girl, Isabella Hamilton, the scion of a well-known aristocratic family, and is attracted to her. Later, two attempts are made on her life, in one of which, her parents are fatally wounded. On his deathbed, her father reveals a shocking secret from Isabella’s past concerning her parentage and a valuable estate in India. Later, while rummaging through the attic of her house, among her childhood bric-a-brac, she comes across an ivory piece with a silver chain, which she takes to be an amulet. But is it really an amulet? Or is it some device that is beyond the conception of western science, a thing so devastatingly powerful that it boggles the mind? Who are the people after her life? And why do they want her dead? The answers to these questions could only be found in India. And on those answers, and their subsequent follow-up, depends her future, fortune, and her life.
The Last Durbar
The existing histories of the Partition of British India have very little chance of capturing the moods and mindsets, the helplessness and the frustration of those who steered the course. The histories written thus far have either focused on political narratives or on the ideological analysis. More recently, the spotlight has turned towards the madness and pathology of hatred and mass murders. The Last Durbar tells it as it was - without the epic quality of conventional writing filled with the rhetoric of freedom and greatness, and without the legalese and constitution-making vocabulary of the Transfer of Power. The personal and political meet and separate at the last durbar, with Louis Moun...
