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Chef

"Chef Kirpal, seriously ill, returns to Kashmir after a gap of fourteen years to cook his last meal at the Governor's residence. He embarks on a long train and bus journey from Deli to Kashmir during which he looks back over his days of apprenticeship and the life of ordinary soldiers on the Siachen Glacier, occupation of Kashmir by India and Pakistan, prejudice against Muslims, and his relationships with women from both sides of the border. But his reasons for visiting Kashmir one last ime extend further than the strong desire to cook a wedding meal for the General's daughter. He would like to excavate a part of his past that has kept him from moving forward."--Inside back flap.

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  • ""Chef Kirpal, seriously ill, returns to Kashmir after a gap of fourteen years to cook his last meal at the Governor's residence. He embarks on a long train and bus journey from Deli to Kashmir during which he looks back over his days of apprenticeship and the life of ordinary soldiers on the Siachen Glacier, occupation of Kashmir by India and Pakistan, prejudice against Muslims, and his relationships with women from both sides of the border. But his reasons for visiting Kashmir one last ime extend further than the strong desire to cook a wedding meal for the General's daughter. He would like to excavate a part of his past that has kept him from moving forward."--Inside back flap."@en
  • "Kip Singh is timorous and barely twenty when he arrives for the first time at General Kumar's camp, nestled in the shadow of the mighty Siachen Glacier that claimed his father's life. He is placed under the supervision of Chef Kishen, a fiery, anarchic mentor who guides Kip towards the heady spheres of food and women. As a Sikh, Kip feels secure in his allegiance to India, the right side of this interminable conflict. Until, one oppressively close day, a Pakistani 'terrorist' with long, flowing hair is swept up on the banks of the river and changes everything."
  • "Kirpal Singh reminisces on his life as a Sikh cook in the military camp at the foot of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir and how his friendship with Irem, a Pakistani woman arrested for entering Kashmir illegally, made him question the tumultuous conflict between India and Pakistan."
  • "Kirpal Singh reminisces on his life as a Sikh cook in the military camp at the foot of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir and how his friendship with Irem, a Pakistani woman arrested for entering Kashmir illegally, made him question the tumultuous conflict between India and Pakistan."@en
  • "Kirpal Singh is travelling on the slow train to Kashmir. As India passes by the window in a stream of tiny lights, glistening fields and huddled, noisy towns, he reflects on his destination, which is also his past: a military camp to which he has not returned for fourteen years... Kirpal, Kip to his friends, is timorous and barely twenty when he arrives for the first time at General Kumar's camp, nestled in the shadow of the mighty Siachen Glacier that claimed his father's life. He is placed under the supervision of Chef Kishen, a fiery, anarchic mentor with long earlobes and a caustic tongue, who guides Kip towards the heady spheres of food and women."@en

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en

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  • "Chef roman"
  • "Chef : roman"
  • "Chef"@en
  • "Chef"
  • "Chef : a novel"
  • "Chef : a novel"@en
  • "Chef a novel"

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