Dirham

In a city built on ambition and illusion, what happens when the storm finally hits? Nandakumar has it all or so it seems. A prestigious job, a luxury villa, a gleaming car, and a wife waiting at home. But when a single letter shatters his world, the illusion unravels fast. As the economic crisis closes in, so do long-ignored debts, private humiliations, and the weight of everything unsaid.Around him, others brace for impact: a desperate friend hiding envy behind concern, a business owner watching his empire dissolve grain by grain, and an aging migrant whose quiet wisdom can't stop the tide. In Dubai, the city of spectacle, the cracks are no longer easy to hide.Dirham is a deeply human portrait of people clinging to dignity in a place that measures worth in currency and silence. With unflinching honesty and quiet grace, it asks: what remains when everything you built is swept away?

Pages: 236, Paperback, Notion Press