{"product_id":"9789384027636","title":"Legacy","description":"\"Legacy is set in post Independent India, and weaves together the stories of Darshan and Anita, ambitious rural teenagers from Bihar; Darshan's father Shankar, an RSS supporter from a freedom fighter family; and Subhash, the son of the protagonists.\u003cp\u003eDarshan, proud resident of an exotic village, is inspired to leave his adventurous hostel life to join the student movement of 1975 under the firebrand Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan. Grounded in an Anglo Indian village during the repressive Emergency, he falls in love with his free-spirited senior Anita. Wading through teenage love and exciting college adventures of 1970s Delhi, they forsake education on JP's death to explore Bihar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisgusted by the traumatic Sikh riots and saddened by his father's death, Darshan finds a guide in a swami rumoured to be Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. While fate turns Anita into a Naxal strategist, Darshan, seeking solace, turns into an acclaimed mystery healer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe old love sparks again while violent communal events keep shocking India. Sadly, Anita forsakes the world of Maoist violence and hypocritical civil society, sending their five-year-old son Subhash away. The estranged son, now an adult, tries to fathom his parents' lives and unfulfilled dreams while an exhausted yet optimistic Darshan entrusts the baton of social revolution to the next generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegacy shows how the chaotic story of 1960s to 1990s India gave rise to real heroes, though flawed in their own ways. While we keep looking for ways to improve the lives of our fellow beings, the boundary between a hero and a criminal often fades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrief reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inspiring and exciting story of India. An incredible debut. \u003cbr\u003e Sudipto Das, \u003cbr\u003e Author, The Ekkos Clan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA love story waving between agony and delight with potent characters of post-independence India. \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Arbind Prasad, I.A.S (Retd.) \u003cbr\u003e Director General, FICCI\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frog in Well","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062423175408,"sku":"9789384027636","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789384027636_p0.jpg?v=1763675145","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789384027636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}