The lion of Kashmir / Siddhartha Gigoo

By:

Gigoo, Siddhartha

Language: English Publication details: New Delhi : Rupa publications, 2020Edition: 1st editionDescription: x, 259 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9789353338176

Subject(s):

Fiction

DDC classification:

823.92 SID

Summary: Commandant Abdul Aziz, Special Forces, Kashmir is a legendary police officer in the valley, albeit not always for good reasons. And then one day he disappears. His daughter, Zooni, a human rights activist has to return home for her missing father. Bizarre events unfold in the ensuing night at a safe house where she’s forced to stay and where she comes face-to-face with the most disturbing truth of her life, and of the lives of her father and half-brother. Through the eyes of the daughter are seen the dilemma and the moral crisis of a legendary police officer torn between his past and present, duty and desertion, loyalty and treachery, and right and wrong. Award-winning author Siddhartha Gigoo’s The Lion of Kashmir is not just a story of a father and daughter’s intrepid struggles in Kashmir, but also the story of present-day Kashmir itself.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	823.92 SID (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	700644
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	823.92 SID (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	700645

Commandant Abdul Aziz, Special Forces, Kashmir is a legendary police officer in the valley, albeit not always for good reasons. And then one day he disappears. His daughter, Zooni, a human rights activist has to return home for her missing father. Bizarre events unfold in the ensuing night at a safe house where she’s forced to stay and where she comes face-to-face with the most disturbing truth of her life, and of the lives of her father and half-brother. Through the eyes of the daughter are seen the dilemma and the moral crisis of a legendary police officer torn between his past and present, duty and desertion, loyalty and treachery, and right and wrong. Award-winning author Siddhartha Gigoo’s The Lion of Kashmir is not just a story of a father and daughter’s intrepid struggles in Kashmir, but also the story of present-day Kashmir itself.

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