THE PAST TIES

Set between the ghats of Varanasi where temple bells echo across holy water and the river remembers every prayer ever whispered over her surface and the dazzling, relentless chaos of Mumbai, where the city never stops and silence costs more than gold The past tiess is the story of two people who were each other's first home, and the long, complicated, breathtaking journey of finding their way back.

It is about childhood wounds that never fully healed. About the way love does not obey timelines or circumstances or the careful plans of people who thought they had moved on. About fighting for a village against the man you are falling in love with. About forehead touches in the dark and fever nights and letters written and never sent and the particular devastation of almost losing someone forever.

And it is about the moment after all the distance, after all the silence, after all the years when two people finally, finally choose each other.

A story about second chances. About slow-burn love. About home.