On a unique palindrome date, 02-02-2020, breaking news gives rise to a series of bizarre claims and counter-claims. A channel claims that the President of the country has an illegitimate son from a student when he was a professor. President denies and is challenged for a lie detector test. He accepts sportingly and comes out victorious from it. Channel does not let go the issue and the DNA tests prove otherwise. President is compelled to lodge a case against the channel in the court of law.
While all this is happening, the student is conspicuous by her absence. The whole nation is divided on this case and is witnessing the most important court room drama in the country after independence with bated breath.
Would the president resign? Should the president be impeached if he does not? Whose side the truth is?
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Lt. Col. (Dr.) Pramod Deogirikar, an Antarctic hero, has been busy putting on a number of hats while pushing 70. An engineer, army officer, manager, CEO, teacher and finally a full time writer! He has already penned books ‘Putting Your Best Foot Forward (2009), The Destiny (2014), Forged by Fire (2019) and his first Hindi novel, तलाश ख़त्म हुई (2022). This is his second English fiction about obsessive love that boomerangs into a national crisis.