The Secret Of More: A Novel
Into the beating heart of Bombay, a city that spins cotton into gold, a young man, Tatya, arrives to make a living. Ambitious and hard-working, he begins to make a name for himself in the city�s famed textile market. Meanwhile, his new bride, Radha, navigates the joys and the challenges of raising a family in a city that is a curious and often bewildering mix of the traditional and the rapidly modernizing.<br><br> Having tasted success in the world of textiles, Tatya chances upon an opportunity in an emerging industry�motion pictures� and is swept up in it despite his initial hesitation about this strange world of make-believe. His success seems unstoppable�the silent films he produces draw in the crowds and his new theatre is a marvel, but his friendship with and attraction to an actress, Kamal, threatens to shake his world and causes him to question his integrity.<br><br> Set against the backdrop of bustling colonial Bombay, <i>The Secret of More</i> is a journey of relentless ambition, steadfast love, and grim betrayal, as Tatya strives to unlock the secret of more�of having more and being more. In a story that travels from the clatter of textile mills to the glamour of the silent film industry, from the crowded chawls of Girgaon to the luxury of sea-facing mansions, one man and his family learn that in the city of Bombay you can fly�but if you fall, it is a long way down.
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