Karim Fakir by Paramita Ghosh [Hardcover]

Karim Ali is a Muslim teenager. His father Maratha Raj was a prisoner of war of Shivaji Maharaj. Karim came to Shivaji Maharaj with a request for his father's release. Deprived of paternal love, Shivaji freed his father. Impressed by the greatness of Shivaji, Karim stayed in Rairi fort. But Jijabai's death shook Karim deeply. He realizes that radical changes will take place in his own life as well. The sense of loneliness, the attraction to distance, the questioning of one's existence make him paranoid. Disaster also came in Shivaji's personal life. Shivaji's son Shambhuji became extremely arrogant. Karim became the main support of the ailing, infirm Shivaji. A strange relationship is created between them. Shivaji realized the shocking truth at an extreme moment of his life. He tells Karim that a bloody, violent war is pointless. Paramita Ghosh's book Karim Fakir sheds new light on the character of Shivaji. The story is poignant and mellow at the same time.