Tiger Wallah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798353083719)

India 1960s, the good, the bad and the ugly as seen through the eyes and lives of four youth. This is the story of four youngsters Anand, Vidya, Zahina and Ambika in their journey to adulthood through their turbulent lives in Southern India.At their first meeting rich Anand resents poor Vidya. Through a series of events, they become fast friends. In college Vidya meets Zahina a Muslim. Vidya gives up on further education after college, becomes a bank teller to support his ailing mom. He meets Ambika the assistant manager.

The lives and experiences of these four are the kernel, supplemented by colorful characters (fast disappearing) they encounter, woven into a tapestry of -- love, betrayal, and redemption; innocence and malice; oppression and awakening; the strength of human spirit and fallibility; two strong young women, two not so strong young men, and above all perseverance.