Contents
Message from author…..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4
Prologue………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5
Chapter 1: First scene ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6
Phase I: Initial Life…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10
Chapter 2: Bereft Aarti …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11
Chapter 3: Initial life …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16
Chapter4:Saharabad riots………………………………………………………………………………………………………..24
Chapter 5: Re-life: Faizan and Aarti first meet ..........................................................................28
Chapter 6: Escape to Shailpur: First beat of love ……………..…………………………………………………….34
Chapter 7: The Separation: Faizan returns Saharabad alone………………………….........................39
Chapter 8: First blow: Suzzane's death …………………………………………………………………………………..44
Chapter 9: Second blow: The Bankruptcy……………………………………………………………………………….50
Chapter 10: Third blow: Abduction ……………………………..…………………………………………………………56
Chapter 11: In the shadow of terror.. ……………..……………………………………………………………………..61
Chapter 12: A poignant grief………………………………………...………………………………………………………..71
Chapter 13: First steps towards Politics ……………………….…………………………………………………………73
Chapter 14: Daddy's back ……………………………………..………………………………………………………………..83
Chapter 15: First propose to Aarti ………………………….……………………………………………………………....89
Chapter 16: The Vicious Plan .……………………...………………………………………………………………………….96
Chapter 17: The Face off: Father vs Son ……………….………………………………………………………………..102
Chapter 18: I Quit ………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………113
Chapter 19: The Truths of Saharabad Riots …..……………………………………………………………………….122
Chapter 20: Riot Trauma ………………………………………….…………………………………………………………….127
Chapter 21: Faizan saves the day …………………..………………………………………………………………………131
Chapter 22: Rise of the 'Son': The promise to Father ……………………………………………………………..140
Phase II- The Accidental Prime Minister………………………………………………………………………………….148
Chapter 23: The accidental Prime Minister …………………………………………………………………………….149
Chapter 24:Threat of the ‘Dragon’………………………………………………………………………………………….160
Chapter 25: The Muslim Prime Minister: India awakes ………………………………………………………….168
From the Author…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….177
Highlights of the upcoming ‘Muslim Prime Minister II’…………………………………………………………..178