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SATYA: A Novel
In Lahore, for over twelve years Rukhsar Ahmed’s search for her missing father, a major in Pakistan army had been stone-walled. An anonymous call from India sets her and her beau Aman Khan Bux on an emotional journey of tragic discoveries of how her family and ancestry was directly affected by the historical events; uncovering of lies her country’s military and civilian rulers told to their people about the numerous wars fought between Pakistan and India which was creating hatred.
Her journey also uncovers a sinister plot by few Generals in Pak army which could plunge the Indian sub-continent into a catastrophic nuclear war. While learning the truth about the history of four major wars and numerous small skirmishes and wars between India and Pakistan, she and her beau must help Prakash Rohatgi, her new found Indian friend stop the over-zealous Generals lest her beloved country is blown into extinction and millions are killed on either side of Indo-Pak border.
This is story of Rukhsar’s journey of overcoming misconceptions about her country’s arch enemy India and her love for it; about fear psychosis replaced by hope, and enmity replaced with partnership.
This is the story of Humans!
Her journey also uncovers a sinister plot by few Generals in Pak army which could plunge the Indian sub-continent into a catastrophic nuclear war. While learning the truth about the history of four major wars and numerous small skirmishes and wars between India and Pakistan, she and her beau must help Prakash Rohatgi, her new found Indian friend stop the over-zealous Generals lest her beloved country is blown into extinction and millions are killed on either side of Indo-Pak border.
This is story of Rukhsar’s journey of overcoming misconceptions about her country’s arch enemy India and her love for it; about fear psychosis replaced by hope, and enmity replaced with partnership.
This is the story of Humans!
376 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 16, 2015
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June 5, 2017
A good book from an Indian author after a long time. Thoroughly researched, finely build up characters and nice story plot. This book need deep reading to attain most of the knowledge it gives. It would interest those the most who loves reading about historical and political events, especially about Indian-Pakistan relation.
Though the dialogues were bit stretched that would make general readers bore at few points.
But in a nutshell, it's worth reading!! Something fresh!!
Though the dialogues were bit stretched that would make general readers bore at few points.
But in a nutshell, it's worth reading!! Something fresh!!
June 16, 2016
"When the descendants of Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain were being killed by the Umayyad rulers, they sought, and got refuge in the Hindu kingdoms of Sind. To kill them Hajjaj bin Yusuf sent Mohammad Bin Qasim. Those Hindu kings and their families paid for it with their lives but they did not betray their guests. That Bin-Qasim is our hero and the King Dahir who saved my Prophet's descendants is our villain. Why? Because King Dahir was a Hindu and Bin-Qasim was a Muslim. We revere our Prophet but we also glorify Bin-Qasim as our hero. That is contradiction. The zealots have named missiles after invaders like Ahmed Shah Abdali who massacred the population of Lahore and burnt the city for good measure, but we shy away from accepting that Bhagat Singh was our hero, a freedom fighter who was illegally hung by the British. Contradiction! Ghori is our other missile who too has nothing to do with Pakistan but the local heros like Ashoka and Chandragupta are not taught."
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