In this compelling story, a man who has endured much tragedy as a boy reaps the bitter fruit of deceit sown by his deceased father, threatening all he loves. While growing up in British Guiana, Richard Cheong wrestles with guilt after his younger brother is murdered and his mother's death shortly thereafter. As the lone surviving son, Richard believes that only a son can redeem his tormented soul and end his life of poverty and servitude to his father's sister. After he marries the beautiful and headstrong Gloria, she bears him three girls. But in 1953 as Richard awaits the birth of what he hopes will be his first son, the British governor orchestrates a troop invasion, suspends the Guianese Constitution, and disbands the leftist government. As a chain of events unfurls that splinters Richard's life and alters the course of his country, political unrest rages across the colony.

It happened Under a Tamarind Tree! An entire Family that lived, loved, and was wiped out by a single dreaded disease! An Old House that tells its own stories, in its own unique style! A ‘Curse’ that wields power over generations! A young woman who visits her Ancestral home, looking for answers to the questions left behind by her mother. Does she find them? Are certain questions better left, unasked?

Geneviève Dubois, half-Lao/half-French, turns eighteen and leaves the French orphanage where she has been trapped for fourteen unhappy years. She is determined to uncover the story of her parents and locate her missing twin brother. Stepping into the deeply divided world of 1931 French colonial Laos, she finds neither French colons nor native Lao readily accept her mixed heritage. Even falling in love is fraught with the cultural restrictions of two dissonant societies. Where does she fit in?

This Novel, One Of The Finest To Come Out Of Contemporary India, Tells The Memorable Tale Of The Tamarind Tree, Of The Lives Of Men And Women Who Sought Its Shelter And Of Their Greed, Goodness, Selfishness, Sacrifice, Love And Hatred.

My book 'The Tamarind Tree Tales' is a pure dedication to children. They are a gift of God. I believe the wonderful faculties they inherit from childhood becomes invisible after a while. This ignorance and unfortunate neglect leads them into dullness. Creativity and imagination are the key tools to inject these little minds. Through this book I have tried to create the same effect. Its a compilation of short stories which sounds usual. But the human emotion is definitely characterised in each of my characters. Just like the tales we used to hear from our mothers during bed. Fascinating as it seems, each paragraph draws you intensely into the story hidden. So you keep exploring it until you come out with the picture in your hand. I hope my efforts materialise in the right way. Reading should never be taken for granted. So the long run will look "Healthy".