The Wheel Turned

The Wheel Turned (A Novel)

by Malathi Ramachandran


Description


It is the dawn of the 1960's. Meena is married to Anand, an army officer, and Jives with him at an army cantonment in the verdant hills of Dharamshala. But their life together turns upside down when the unit is suddenly called to resist the Chinese in the North East. Anand goes to war and never returns. There is no news of him, nor is his body found. Has he been killed? Did he abscond from the battlefield? Was he captured alive?


As her family and friends prepare her for the worst, Meena remains staunch in her belief that Anand would have fought like a brave soldier and would be safe somewhere, and would return to her some day.


weeks turn into months and the months into years. Another man enters her life, but Meena is not ready for this relationship, convinced that Anand will come back. She clings to her dreams and her most precious possession, an old Tibetan prayer wheel, becomes her happiness ones and it would again show its magical powers.


This is the story of a soldier's pride and courage on the battlefield and of a woman's faith and commitment; the story of tireless waiting and endless believing. Told with deep sensitivity, understanding and gentle to a heartrending climax. When the wheel turns, only Destiny known who will be at the top...


About The Author


Malathi Ramachandran is a graduate in English Literature and post graduate in Mass Communication who started off as a copywriter in advertising, writing catch lines for diverse products and services. The transition from ad writer to story writer was gradual as she freelanced and experimented with the gamut of genres from newspaper middles to travel features to fiction.


Malathi's short stories have been published in anthologies, magazines and website. Two of her stories have won prizes in British Council-Unisun Short Fiction contests. The Wheel Turned is her first foray into full length fiction.