Bonds of Destiny

Human beings have a tendency to build connections, to be understood and to develop special bonds— bonds that are sometimes ethereal.Journeying back to the 1940s, this narrative brings to you a moving account of Bhushan, an officer in the British Army of colonial India and his faithful ardali Shingara Singh. Shingara’ s exceptionaloyalty to his sahib costs him a death sentence for a crime he never committed. Almost two decadesater, Bhushan’ s fateful visit to Shingara’ s village makes him establish a bond with his ardali’ s family— a bond that is etched in time for generations. Yearsater, when Bhushan’ s son, Rajesh, visits Shingara’ s family in Punjab, he discovers the secret of the crime between the generous sahib and hisoyal ardali.Bonds of Destiny is a heart-warming rendition of the association between the two families intertwined together by this deadly secret across time and generations.

Rajesh Varma is a business professional settled in the US. He has experience working in various capacities with Fortune 100 companies, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, PepsiCo, Walt Disney and Nestle. After getting his Masters in Economics and International Business from India, Rajesh migrated to the US in 1984 to earn his MBA. He is married to Arti, a dedicated elementary school teacher. Together they live in Burbank, California. They have two children, a son and a daughter. This is Rajesh’ s first writing adventure.