Timeri Murari
Description
Timeri N. Murari began his career as a reporter on a newspaper in Canada before joining The Guardian in London. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, London, The Observer, The Hindu, Indian Express, Penthouse and other magazines. He has since written 14 novels. His four non-fiction books include a memoir, MY TEMPORARY SON, and on his trek to Mount Kailas, LIMPING TO THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD. He also wrote television documentaries for British TV on Homicide detectives in the South Bronx, Texas Cowboys and African American families in the deep South. Time magazine chose ‘THE SQUARE CIRCLE’ (Daayra), a feature film which he wrote and co-produced, as one of the top 10 best films of the year. He later adapted it for the stage and directed the play at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. Parminder Nagra played the main lead. His novel THE TALIBAN CRICKET CLUB was published in eight countries, TAJ- A story of Mughal India has been translated into 25 languages. Aleph published his new novel CHANAKYA RETURNS July 2014. His latest work is a Young Adult novel, AXXISS AND THE MAGIC MEDALLIONS, book one of a trilogy published by Scholastic.
Books
The Taliban Cricket Club
Rukshana is a spirited young journalist who works for the Kabul Daily in Afgahnistan. She takes care of her ill, widowed mother and her younger brother, Jahan. But then Rukshana is summoned to pear at the infamous Ministry for the Propogation of Viture and the Prevention of Vice, and their quiet and tenuous way of life is shattered. There, the malevolent minister, Zorak Wahidi, announces the Taliban has found a new way to pursue the diplomatic respect it has long been denied: cricket. On the world stage of sport, the Taliban will prove it is a fair and just society. Rukshana and other journalists are to report that a tournament will be held to determine who will play for Afghanistan. Anyone can can put together a team. The winner will travel to Pakistan to train, then go on to represent Afghanistan around the world. Rukshana knows that this is a shameful and deeply surreal, idea. The Taliban will never embrace a game rooted in civility, fairness and equality, with no tolerance for violence or cheating. And no one in Afghanistan even knows how to play the game. Except for Rukshana.