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Two families. One secret. A lifetime of waiting.
In the bustling Sharma-Pandit household, Raghav and Riya were the definition of "oil and water." He was the loud, mischievous boy who lived to tease her; she was the quiet girl with thick glasses and silver braces who hid behind her economics textbooks. To the world, they were just childhood rivals. To each other, they were the only ones who truly mattered.
But as childhood squabbles turned into adult longings, life pulled them in opposite directions. Riya fled to the grey skies of London to find herself, while Raghav donned the olive green of the Indian Army, heading to the most dangerous ridges of the China border.
Separated by thousands of miles and a year-long military blackout, their only connection was a series of secret letters passed through a silent ally-Raghav's sister-in-law, Sana. No calls. No internet. Only the hope that the "Chashmish" would wait for her "Captain" to return from the ice.
From the chaotic marigold-draped halls of a family wedding to the silent, snow-blind peaks of the Himalayas, "Chashmish & The Captain" is a heart-wrenching tale of a love that didn't need words to survive. It is a story of duty, the weight of a uniform, and the girl who proved that the strongest heroes are often the ones who wait at home.
A Koko Rao Original.