The Gunshots in Lodhi Garden

Set in the backdrop of 1984 Riots in Delhi, The Gunshots in Lodhi Garden is a thriller full of suspense, love, romance and violence. Once you enter this novel's world of characters and its racy sequence of events you do not rest content till you reach its very end. This is the second work of fiction by the Delhi based Chartered Accountant and Educationist turned writer, Pramod Grover. His first novel, The Wedding Gift, was published some twenty years back, in 1992.

The main plot of the story is woven around the novel's chief protagonist, Sonali Chand, and the events related to her marriage, love and her close encounters with Death. The conflict between the other two characters, Shaukat Ram; a powerful Delhi based politician and Jaggu, a riot victim turned terrorist forms an important sub-plot that runs parallel to the main plot. The 1984 anti Sikh Riots loom large over the canvas of the novel.

Like any other novelist Pramod Grover also uses story, plot, character and technique as the building blocks for The Gunshots in Lodhi Garden. However his strong preference for the element of character in the novel seems quite apparent. He creates his characters with such sensitivity and detail that they remain etched in the memory of the reader. One cannot forget the names of Sonali, Shaukat Ram, Andy, Jaggu so easily.