Ebook673 pages9 hours
The Lotus and the Rose
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Sandy Thakur, Indian aristocrat and Anglophile, falls in love with Emma Franks. Her mother is against them marrying, but her brother, Ted, who knew Sandy as a boy during World War II, is an ally. Beginning with the deaths of Sandy and Emma,the novel recalls events leading up to the violent incident that forces them to leave England for India, there introducing Sona, a Tibetan refugee; Bill Clayton, a missionary and Dinesh, Sandys ward. Dinesh disapproves of Sandys love for England, but grows to regret his hostility. Later, his decision to divorce his unfaithful wife reaps a death threat from her drug-baron father, who will stop at nothing to defend family honour, and after his servant is beaten up by thugs, Dinesh escapes to Goa, where he meets Alice and confides in her. They seek refuge in an ashram in Poona till that is jeopardised and together they fly to England. There he learns that Ransingh, his caretaker,has been falsely arrested for Sonas murder and feels honour-bound to return to India to save him.Braving certain death, somehow he returns to Alice and short-lived happiness.
Author
Sharad Keskar
Born in Mumbai, Sharad Keskar worked as a writer, editor and book reviewer till, in Britain, he gained a B.Ed (Hons) with Distinction in English, an MA from King's College London, and met his English wife, Jane. He is the author of The Lotus and the Rose, published by Authorhouse.
Read more from Sharad Keskar
Under an Indifferent Heaven Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Shadow of a Dream Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Lotus and the Rose
Related ebooks
Lord Darkwood's Revenge Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tea and Tomahawks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Village Dies: Your Invitation to a Memorable Funeral Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Call Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndian Summer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gitanjali Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Formal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImprinted: A Love Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Magic of Beard Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Greater Inclination Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Boy in the House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShot-Blue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Short Tales from the Middle East Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeography and Plays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Ditch Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDinosaur Lake VII: The Aliens Return: Dinosaur Lake, #7 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDinosaur Lake VII: The Aliens Return Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Daffodil Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIllusion at Midnight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGuilderoy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Red Cross Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Silence: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Planning Committee Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales of the Missouri Indians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCelia's House Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Love of the Leannán Sídhe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sky Above Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeyond the Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVerdict on India Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ascension Legacy - Book 1: The Shamed Ranger Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Lotus and the Rose
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Lotus and the Rose - Sharad Keskar
Na book_preview_excerpt.html ˒$DZ%+^̢ J Ux
$Kwtw#+~s/i=稙{D.HTfFLMG~y_ۿwӗ~>jchB%LUsmcİac8T]JO.m'!>:q%c*rn]@sX>1&K>~H#_qƟtM5JqSo_B5a<g{McfW/r
=d6ei6bp_<|=֧ٯKkK;vc.V]oN*ثغS N'Wo*NjajcNa9USx{v`\f̯tjñk+Ҥ+G>u{Nm( {;՞nq2#3^{? bb{7M侜C v-H[٤c2AU~G^l3ٮldwUcP.pEM