The Renegades of Rakhine

The Renegades of Rakhine is a real-life story set in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. This novel is inspired by the true story of a Rohingya Muslim family tortured and pushed out of their house and village in Rakhine by the Burmese army. It is story of the gruesome war of an army on its own people. Like many Rohingyas, the protagonist and his family undertake an unbelievable journey to Bangladesh. It is the story of the inhuman treatment of a people considered stateless. This novel tells the history of the Rohingyas, their miserable life in Rakhine, their being forced out of their own country, their life as refugees in inhuman conditions in Bangladesh. The story traces their journey of a renegade people into a permanent exile.

The Salah of Srebrenica

The Salah of Srebrenica is a novel set in 1995.  The story traces the real life of an interfaith couple in the city of Srebrenica in Bosnia in the context of the massacre of the Muslim community members in the heart of Europe during the Balkan crisis. The novel narrates the love story of a Bosnian Muslim man with a Christian woman lost in the turmoil of ethnic violence and cleansing. It is the story of love, hate and intolerance in the name of religions. The story is set in the context of massacre of Srebrenica and its Muslim mass graves during the fall of Yugoslavia.  

The Chalice of Her Blood

The Chalice of Her Blood tells the story of an Indian woman who is originally from the southern Indian State of Kerala. She joins a Franciscan diocesan Congregation in the State of Punjab in North India.  The novel traces her childhood in Kerala and her religious life as a nun in Punjab and Rome. The story revolves around the pomp, authoritarianism and emotional manipulations withing the Church. Set in the dual context of a family saga and the religious life, it is a story recounted by a Catholic nun. The novel depicts the story of an Indian Catholic nun, narrating her tryst with faith. Inspired by a real-life story, the novel revolves round exploitation, abuse and sexual misconduct within the church. The story culminates in the arrest of a Catholic bishop who accuses her fellow nun of raping her multiple times.

The Chemistry of His Grace

The Chemistry of His Grace is a novel inspired by the true story of a survivor of the Congo War. Originally from the Eastern Congo, orphaned by the ethnic war, she grows up in an orphanage in the capital city of Kinshasa. This story traces her life in the context of the mired history of ethnic conflicts among the Hutus and the Tutsis in the Eastern Congo. This is also the story of her life as a Catholic nun in Africa as well as in the heart of the Vatican. The novel depicts her tryst with faith, love and life itself.