THE SECRET OF MORE : A NOVEL (HB)

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.
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.
Set against the backdrop of bustling colonial Bombay, The Secret of More 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.