Deepti Kapoor's new novel, Age of Vice, arrives amidst a thrum of fanfare. The Guardian declared it "India's answer to the Godfather", it's been at the heart of intense bidding wars by TV producers, and it sits on several most-awaited titles lists of 2023.
The already-hailed second novel from Kapoor opens with a chilling road accident. A drunk driver in a speeding Mercedes kills five people late one night in Delhi. From here, the novel picks up speed as it journeys through 'Delhi life', the shiny and the ugly, and a world of thugs and parties (political and otherwise).
"I never had any intention to write a crime thriller, it's constantly surprising to me [that] it's now being slotted in that category," says Kapoor, who lives in Lisbon with her husband. "It starts with a crash that leaves five people dead and there is a mystery at the heart of the novel, but then, you know, it goes into so many different directions. It's hard to slot your own novel in any genre. I think of it like a Bollywood masala film, it has a little bit of everything."
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Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
All Living Things-Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) returns with 72 films to be screened across multiple locations from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8
AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
THE MAHINDRA INDEPENDENCE ROCK FESTIVAL PROMISES AN INTERESTING LINE-UP OF OLD AND NEW ACTS, CEMENTING ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'WOODSTOCK OF INDIA'
A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advaniâs adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS
NOSTALGIA AND CURIOSITY BRING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE THEATRES TO REVISIT MOVIES OF THE YESTERYEARS
