17-year-old pens geo-political fiction

A geo-political drama interspersed with elements of romance set against the backdrop of the political uprising of 2013 in the national capital forms the subject of a novel released by 17-year-old Simar Malhotra.
The book, "There is a Tide", written by the first-time author has been published by Rupa was launched by noted lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar here recently.
"It's a big achievement at such a small age. Simar who's a 17-year-old girl went much beyond her years and dared to pen down her first novel. I encourage and insist her to continue with her writing habit, and wish her a promising an extraordinary writing career ahead," Akhtar said.

The piece of fiction chronicles the journey of a young girl Rhea, born in a conservative Delhi-based family. Her chance to break-free from the shackles of traditions comes when she gets the opportunity to attend a summer course at Yale University.
In Yale she meets a fellow Indian Abhimanyu, who despises his nationality due to injustices that were inflicted upon his family. It is her journey back to the political events unfolding in the Indian capital and her inadvertent involvement in the storm which forms the latter half of the novel.
The young author who is currently pursuing International Baccalaureate from a Jaipur school says that her habit of writing a journal eventually led to the conception of the book.

"I have always been writing a journal. It is always good to have stuff that you can put down on pages and flip through them later and relive them," she says.