It’s here! The Novel! One Chapter A Week!
Thanks for your patience with the long wait!
I’m excited to announce that India House, my novel, is in shape enough that I can share one chapter a week with you all!
The Book
In 1905, Indians live under the tyrannic and oppressive boot of the British empire. Shyamji Krishna Varma, a minister in the Princely State of Junagadh, finds his friend Balgangadhar Tilak imprisoned for sedition by the imperious Lord Curzon-Wyllie. Fearing he may be next if his plot to overthrow the British comes to light, he moves to London, running a boarding house for Indian students. With Madame Cama, the “notorious Parsee of Rue de Ponthieu”, he hopes to sow the seeds of revolution in the young boarders.
Tatyarao, a calm, diligent, articulate law student joins India House. Shyamji gets more than he bargained for when the young Tatyarao founds Abhinav Bharat, a secret society that brings to life Shyamji’s violent plans to free India. Worse, Lord Curzon-Wyllie is back in London, hunting for seditious Indians to throw into the torturous prisons in the Andaman Islands, where human rights don’t exist.
As the cat-and-mouse game between Scotland Yard and Young India escalates, Tatya finds his worlds colliding. He must choose if he wants to lead a cushy life in Europe like Shyamji, denying his involvement with Abhinav Bharat, or standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his comrades who worship him, defending them in court, as the might of the British Empire comes down hard on them.
I need your help!
You’ll be getting one chapter every Saturday night, Pacific time (Sunday morning in India). The chapters still have first-draft energy. And that’s where you come in.
Tell me how each chapter makes you feel! I want to know what you liked, what you didn’t, and what you feel could be better. I’ll likely acknowledge you in the ‘Acknowledgements’ section of the published book.
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