Title: The Peacock Throne
Description: October 31, 1984 begins like any other day for Gopal Pandey as he sets up his tea stall in a lane of Chandni Chowk. By the end of the day, Indira Gandhi has been assassinated, violent riots have erupted and Gopal is the possessor of a large sum of money. Fourteen years later this illiterate man is standing on the verge of great political power.
Subjects: Fiction, Politics and government, History, Novela india, India, fiction, Fiction, political
Places: India
Time periods: 1947-, 1977-