THE SWARAJ SPY is a true story of the author, Vijay Balan's ancestor. During the freedom struggle, Kumar Nair refuses to disperse unarmed women freedom fighters and is dismissed. His venture in Calicut fails in the great depression and he moves to Singapore. World War II hits Singapore and as it is occupied by Japan, he flees from there to Malaysia where he joins the spy school set up by the Japanese Army and INA. The team of spies are betrayed and how Kumar escapes is a thrilling tale. What fate awaits him... and the "apsara like" wife of his, he has only briefly spent time with, is the rest of the story!
This is a super thrilling book and the visual picture it paints of the War in SEAsia is a rivetting read, please join me as I discuss this book with the author.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 1 Feb 2023
TIME: 630 PM.
VENUE: C P ARTS CONVENTION CENTRE, ELDAMS ROAD, CHENNAI 18.
EVENT: VIJAY BALAN on THE SWARAJ SPY in conversation with PRADEEP CHAKRAVARTHY