The lost victory - Khushwant Singh

The Lost
Victory perfectly captures the cultural essence of 1942 and the urgency of
this colourful and moving pageant of a nation about to throw off the yoke of
foreign rule. Essentially, it is the story of Buta Singh, a shrewd and wily
official working with the British, and of Sher Singh, his vain and ambitious
son driven to rebellion against the foreign master. It is also the story of
the women of the family-Champak, Sher's beautiful wife, her wild passions
bursting the bonds of century-old prohibitions, and Sabhrai, Sher's mother,
whose matriarchal strength sustains the family in its time of crisis. What
happens to this family when a brutal and senseless murder sets father against
son, wife against husband, is told against the background of an India torn by
religious tension and fraternal strife.