Juggi Bhasin, one of the first trained TV journalists in India who has some landmark coverages to his credit and one of the foremost crime thriller writers in the country, is back with an explosive new thriller Those Who Wait: When Revenge Clashes with Power, that takes the reader into the intense lives of a few of the most powerful individuals in the country.
A tragic story of the Tripathi family – a military family driven by ideals and drawn into the politics of it all. A compelling and engaging tale that almost forces the reader to get involved in the lives of the characters, the novel explores the boundaries of love, vengeance and madness, ambition, and human frailty.
Those Who Wait delves into the emotional battles of people who hold the levers of power in the country.
About the book:
Who is Samyukta? And why is it her life mission to humiliate Kanwar Pratap Singh – the wildly successful Indian Prime Minister? Why do decorated army men—Aseem and Ranbir Tripathi – find themselves on opposite sides of their beloved country? How does Sonali Tripathi – Ranbir’s sister – get embroiled with the Maoists? Are the Chinese successful in humiliating India?
Those who wait answers all these questions. The book also takes the readers on a ride that makes them a voyeur into the intimate lives of powerful individuals. It is a compelling and engaging tale that almost forces the readers to get involved in the lives of the fictional characters.
In the end, Those Who Wait is a book that tells the story of people who, scaringly, could be real.
About the author:
Juggi Bhasin is one of the first professionally trained television journalists in India. As a senior news correspondent with Doordarshan News he has covered many landmark events including the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 and reporting from Kashmir about their worst period of militancy and insurgency. He was the first Indian TV journalist to interview North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang in 1992. Juggi was part of the core team of Lok Sabha TV and spent some time there as the Lead Anchor. He made his debut as a writer in 2012 with the critically acclaimed and successful thriller, The Terrorist, which was followed by four more successful books, all published by Penguin Random House.