Aasma-i-noor: the Cursed Jewel

A diamondike no other, a curseike no other… This is the story of the world’sargest diamond—Aasma-i-Noor (sky ofight). This rare red jewel of incomparable beauty surpassed its sister stones—Koh-i-Noor (mountain ofight) and Darya-i-Noor (sea ofight)—all mined from the same womb of the Kollur mine in Golconda. This was a diamond with a far more violent history than her sisters. Her existence was zealously guarded down the ages by a select circle. Over time, even her name disappeared from all historical texts, bards’ tales andiving memory itself. The modern-day search for theost jewel begins in two different corners of the world, involving a British research scholar inondon and an Indian historian in Calcutta. The British scholar finds mention of the Aasma-i-Noor in the documentseft behind by Sir Robert Clive. The historian from India is the descendant of a Raja, who was Clive’s friend and confidante. The Battle of Plassey in 1757, the downfall of Nawab Siraj-ud Daulah, the death of Clive and the treachery of Mir Jafar, all combine to create a maze of cryptic clues and devilish dead ends for the unlikely partners. They plough forward, and just when the end is in sight, an implacable adversary threatens everything.