: In this entirely fictitious novel, a 29-year-old woman becomes the prime minister of India #IndiaNEWS The applause began from the back of the hall and rippled its way to the front. Asha Devi put down

In this entirely fictitious novel, a 29-year-old woman becomes the prime minister of India #IndiaNEWS
The applause began from the back of the hall and rippled its way to the front. Asha Devi put down the sheet of paper from which she had read out her oath of office and took in the scene in front of her.The Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan was a marvellous sight on any occasion. But today, it seemed particularly impressive, with the entire power elite of Delhi corralled into it. In the front row, on the right side of the aisle, sat her family. Her mother, Sadhana Devi, shimmering in an ivory and black chanderi sari, her perfect features perfectly immobile, her eyes moist with the tears she would only shed in private. Next to her mother sat her sister-in-law, Radhika, an insincere smile plastered on her painstakingly contoured face as she clapped along with everyone else. Flanking Sadhana Devi was her younger half-brother, Arjun. Not for him the pretence of enthusiasm. His face was impassive and his hands were folded firmly and on his lap. Next to Arjun sat the man whose job she had just taken – Karan Pratap Singh, her older half-brother, elder son and heir to their father, Birendra Pratap Singh. Karan had been chosen by their party,...Read more

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