Indian Magic
When Ravi Kumar Mehra MA steps off the train at Victoria station, London in the autumn of 1962, he is fully equipped with the all-important work permit and a couple of pounds in his pocket. A brave new life lies ahead! He’s 23, educated, good-looking – a real Star of India. What can possibly stand in his way?
£7.99
Author(s)
Balraj Khanna
ISBN number
9781908446282
Price
£7.99

Disillusion sets in. The Mother Country is a hostile place in which non-whites are not welcome. But the kindness of strangers helps Ravi to walk tall – and after six days of sleeping rough, his luck changes, for the Indian Magic curry house is recruiting for a dishwasher . . .

When Ravi falls in love – deeply and forever – life takes a more dangerous turn. For the girl in question is the English Rose next door, and her father is unhinged. Anything could happen – and it does.

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Balraj Khanna

Balraj Khanna was born in the Punjab, India, and arrived in London in the Swinging Sixties to study English. Instead, he took to art – eventually becoming ‘one of the most distinguished painters working in England’ (Bryan Robertson). His novels include Nation of Fools which was adjudged ‘one of the 200 best novels in English since 1950,’ Sweet Chillies and The Mists of Simla. Balraj lives in London, next door to Lord's Cricket Ground - which he describes as his ‘spiritual home’.

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