THE TREE WITH A THOUSAND APPLES AUTHOR : SANCHIT GUPTA PUBLISHER : NIYOGI BOOKS GENRE : FICTION, SOCIO-POLITICAL THRILLER PUBLICATION DATE : 15TH NOVEMBER, 2016 FORMAT : HARDCOVER PAGES COUNT : 284 GOODREADS RATING : 4.55/5 MY RATING : 4.5/5 "What do you know about truth, sir? It's a poor thing, no one to call its own, no one to vouch for, no one to live for. It's too lonely. People want to talk about it, hold its hand high in parties thrown in its honour and embrace it delightfully in social gatherings, but once the lights in those rooms are switched off, they don't want to bring it home, give it their name, serve it a cup of kahwa. And sir, forgive me, but no matter how much you try, you won't find the truth among marinated pieces of zafrani kokur." PLOTLINE: The novel is set in the valley of Kashmir, and revolves around the lives of three friends- Deewan Bhat, Bilal Ahanagar, Safeena Malik. Deewan is a Kashmiri Pandit, whe