set je e ▁Che val ier , ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁and ▁recovered ▁from ▁a ▁lost ▁manuscript ▁by ▁historian ▁G yan ▁P rak ash . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁complete ▁form ▁by ▁Har per Coll ins ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Plot ▁An ▁aer ial ▁photograph er ▁takes ▁a ▁photograph ▁of ▁a ▁Par si ▁d akh ma , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁tower ▁of ▁silence , ▁a ▁structure ▁used ▁to ▁expose ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁the ▁dead ▁to ▁car r ion ▁birds . ▁This ▁is ▁deeply ▁off ensive ▁to ▁the ▁Par si ▁population ▁of ▁M umb ai , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁number ▁sets ▁out ▁to ▁exact ▁reven ge ▁for ▁this ▁ins ult . ▁British ▁detect ive ▁Se xt on ▁Bla ke ▁matches ▁w its ▁with ▁him , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁are ▁soon ▁engaged ▁in ▁a ▁cat ▁and ▁mouse ▁game ▁across ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁events ▁of ▁The ▁Tower ▁of ▁Sil ence ▁are ▁based ▁upon ▁a ▁real ▁life ▁incident : ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁the ▁British ▁illustrated ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Graph ic ▁printed ▁an ▁aer ial ▁photograph ▁of ▁a ▁d akh ma ▁in ▁P une , ▁taken ▁from ▁an ▁angle ▁that ▁displayed ▁the ▁corps es ▁inside . ▁The ▁photograph ▁caused ▁such ▁out rage ▁that ▁the ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁for ▁India ▁requested ▁that ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁The ▁Graph ic ▁destroy ▁both ▁the ▁phot ographic ▁plate ▁and ▁negative . ▁ ▁G yan ▁P rak ash , ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁history ▁at ▁Pr inc eton ▁University