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A Shimla Affair

A Shimla Affair

Srishti Chaudhary
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…the future of India may lie in unexpected hands.

1940, Shimla, British India. Nalini Mistry longs for a life outside of the four walls of her home; reality, however, is different.

Nalini and her two older sisters—Noor and Afreen—run the Royal Hotel Shimla, an opulent establishment that serves British high society. But when an underground revolutionary group asks them to aid a murderous conspiracy during the hotel’s Summer Jubilee Ball, they find themselves thrust headfirst into a dangerous game of lies. It doesn’t help that Nalini finds herself falling for Charles Nayler, a British officer; a man who sees her like nobody else.

As the night of the ball approaches, the sisters are drawn into a web of hidden agendas, shifting alliances, and impossible choices—where nothing is what it seems, and the price of freedom may be everything.

A Shimla Affair follows the story of three women attempting to change the course of Indian independence—for love, duty, and revenge.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Aug/2025

ISBN: 9780143473756

Length : 312 Pages

MRP : ₹350.00

A Shimla Affair

Srishti Chaudhary

…the future of India may lie in unexpected hands.

1940, Shimla, British India. Nalini Mistry longs for a life outside of the four walls of her home; reality, however, is different.

Nalini and her two older sisters—Noor and Afreen—run the Royal Hotel Shimla, an opulent establishment that serves British high society. But when an underground revolutionary group asks them to aid a murderous conspiracy during the hotel’s Summer Jubilee Ball, they find themselves thrust headfirst into a dangerous game of lies. It doesn’t help that Nalini finds herself falling for Charles Nayler, a British officer; a man who sees her like nobody else.

As the night of the ball approaches, the sisters are drawn into a web of hidden agendas, shifting alliances, and impossible choices—where nothing is what it seems, and the price of freedom may be everything.

A Shimla Affair follows the story of three women attempting to change the course of Indian independence—for love, duty, and revenge.

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Paperback / Hardback

Srishti Chaudhary

Srishti Chaudhary was born and raised in Delhi, and studied English literature at Lady Shri Ram College and Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh. The author of Once upon a Curfew and Lallan Sweets, she also has a series of short stories to her credit. She now lives in Germany and is a research scholar studying Indian literature at the University of Tuebingen. For more about her, you can visit www.srishtichaudhary.com.

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