The secret Keeper of Jaipur
Material type: TextPublication details: Noida Harper Collins 2021Description: 331 pISBN: 9789354226465Subject(s): India--Jaipur | Motion picture theaters | Scandals | Apprentices | Historical fiction | IndiaDDC classification: 813.6 Summary: Will the secret-keeper of Jaipur reveal what has remained buried for so long? It is the spring of 1969. Lakshmi, now married to Dr Jay Kumar, is working at the Shimla community clinic. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young tribal woman, Nimmi, when he leaves to begin an apprenticeship at the Jaipur Palace. The royals latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema. Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy, and favors flow from Jaipurs royal palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinemas balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a young street urchin, he always knew to keep his own counsel; its a lesson that still serves him well. But it is only when Lakshmi, the real keeper of Jaipurs secrets, intervenes, that things can truly right themselves.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | Stack | 813.6 ALK/S (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 58918 |
Will the secret-keeper of Jaipur reveal what has remained buried for so long? It is the spring of 1969. Lakshmi, now married to Dr Jay Kumar, is working at the Shimla community clinic. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young tribal woman, Nimmi, when he leaves to begin an apprenticeship at the Jaipur Palace. The royals latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema. Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy, and favors flow from Jaipurs royal palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinemas balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a young street urchin, he always knew to keep his own counsel; its a lesson that still serves him well. But it is only when Lakshmi, the real keeper of Jaipurs secrets, intervenes, that things can truly right themselves.
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