Brief "The story in “Simmering Sands” is a reflection of the good and bad in contemporary India. Since independence, the social and moral structure has seen a sea change. Most institutions, mainly the newer ones, are bickering and tottering with the proponents leaning more towards gaining from them rather than consolidating them for betterment. The era of self aggrandizement, opulence and greed has seized those in power and those who support them. The freedom to exercise such blatant misuse of authority is common and over reaching. Accountability and fairness have taken back seats. The slogan to most is ‘money be-gets money’ -- the color and shade are immaterial and of no consequence. The more startling and devastating scene is the nexus between criminals across the border and our home grown ones: the terrorist organizations from abroad are helped by those for whom their avarice, covetousness and rapaciousness are of higher value than the National, or any other dearer, sentiment. These mercenaries, like their sponsors, have no consideration for human life and property. They kill humans, destroy property and bleed the society. Everything is not lost. There are institutions with humans whose value system is sound and they do care for human life and the Country. These are the ones who confront the diabolical to bring in sanity and order. These are the ones who suffer and yet do not flinch from their purpose or cause. The world is a global village where there are those that are inimical and destructive, there also are those who come to aid and abet to battle these. ‘Simmering Sands’ narrates and follows an age old saga: the battle between the evil and the good. Who wins? Read ‘Simmering Sands’ and follow the events from Columbia University, New York to Barmer in Rajasthan, India. It is a roller coaster ride filled with thrill and suspense." Synopsis: Two Federal Agents from the United States of America interrogate the Rajput scion of Barmer about the Rathore Mining Corporation, his family business and about drug trafficking in Barmer, his home in Rajasthan, a few miles away from the international border with Pakistan. Manvender Singh Rathore considers their questions routine, but when news comes of his parents being blown away in a bomb blast in Barmer, things take an unexpected turn. Manvender finds out that the Rathore Mining Corporation wasn’t just dealing in zinc and cobalt, but in Uranium deposits in the region —catering to their biggest clients, the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s sleeper cell in Barmer. Was a nuclear warhead being made readied for India, using the Uranium mined by the Rathore Mining Corporation? From Columbia, to Barmer, to the neighboring border areas of Rajasthan, this roller coaster thriller brings forth changing loyalties, managing trust between friends and strangers and a son’s fight to bring his father and his nation the justice they deserve. Will the good finally win over evil, or will the simmering sands of a changing contemporary India finally end in dire consequences for the people?

Brief "The story in “Simmering Sands” is a reflection of the good and bad in contemporary India. Since independence, the social and moral structure has seen a sea change. Most institutions, mainly the newer ones, are bickering and tottering with the proponents leaning more towards gaining from them rather than consolidating them for betterment. The era of self aggrandizement, opulence and greed has seized those in power and those who support them. The freedom to exercise such blatant misuse of authority is common and over reaching. Accountability and fairness have taken back seats. The slogan to most is ‘money be-gets money’ -- the color and shade are immaterial and of...  Read More