Roots of Peace
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Last published Sun, Nov 30, 2025
For twenty years, the village of Singanoor have survived on fear, feuds, revenge, and politics turning even the smallest dispute into bloodshed.
Keshav Alaparthi, a mechanical engineer working in Germany, returns home after a tragic explosion kills his father and brother. The blast exposes a terrible truth: they carried bombs to a peace meeting. Now, Keshav must shoulder the shame they left behind and try to rebuild peace among families that hate his name.
Across the river, Bhargavi Kompalli lives under the strict protection of her powerful brother, Aravind. Quiet, gentle, and content in her small world, she wants nothing to do with the Alaparthi family the family responsible for her parents' deaths.
But an arranged marriage is suggested to end the violence
One look is all it takes for both lives to shift-dangerously, undeniably.
Can love grow in the land where only violence has taken root?
Or will fate pull them apart before they ever get a chance?
ROOTS OF PEACE is a slow-burn romance woven through tradition, family loyalty, political tension, and the kind of love that blooms quietly-even in the harshest soil.
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