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Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Physical Education Department of Delhi’s school system, lives in a slum with his widowed daughter and granddaughter. When the future Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is murdered, the nation descends into chaos. Ram is the department’s resident bribe collector and finds himself ensnared in a web of escalating political betrayals. As he fights to keep his family safe, his daughter exposes a crime long buried. Ram’s desperate attempts to survive and atone for a life of deception lead him through encounters with gangsters, movie stars, riots, and morgues, forcing him to confront the consequences of his corruption.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Political Fiction/Political Conspiracy
Authors: Akhil Sharma
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