The book talks about a small boy Dhiman, based in Kolkata around the time when refugees escaping from East Pakistan / Bangladesh were entering India to save their lives. His father, a journalist, has gone to the Ground Zero to report the events while his mother is battling for life.
Darkness at Star Mills looks at the 1982 textile mill strike at Mumbai, one of the largest industrial strikes in the world.
The protagonist is a boy named Vinod, a resident of the chawl, who is struggling with changing friendships too, and out of envy and boredom stumbles upon an ugly mystery that is set to change not just his world, but the city around him.
The story focuses on people, places and things that shaped the 1857 uprising. Some of the key people include Nana Sahib, Jhansi Laxmi Bai and Mangal Pandey among others. Some of the important places include Lucknow, Cawnpore (now Kanpur) and Delhi.
The year is 1978. Jenny from Palakkad becomes pen pals with Teesta in Bombay. The girls brainstorm ways to contribute to the conservation of key ecosystems.
A Conspiracy in Calcutta takes you back to ancient Calcutta (now Kolkata) through the eyes of a young girl Bithi, who wants to make a difference in the independence struggle of India in her own way.
One day, in an unexpected turn of events, Sharadha gets lost and ends up in the city of Mahodayapuram where she finds a young girl of her age named Ruthie. While Sharadha felt excited to get to know the city life walking in the streets of Mahodayapuram, a crisis baffles her. The Chola Empire wages war all of a sudden.
