The whole book revolves around the happenings in a building in South Bombay. The book describes the daily life of the various tenants (all of whom seem to be retired and content to stay at home) in this building. All this is weaved around the death of a person named Vishnu who has been sleeping i...
You learned to call them by their names—Minnie and Huey, Bambi and Daisy. You made barking sounds when you came across Pluto, and asked if Dumbo (with his own mouse Timothy, no less!) was the flying version of Ganesh. Goofy’s protruding teeth were so frightening that you turned the page quickly s...
As we bob and pitch across the beach, the sea of humanity parts before us in waves. “It’s the only way to get through such a crowd,” Guddi says. “At first I was terrified we’d trample someone. But then I realized people always find the space to squeeze away somehow. Just like insects. Isn’t that ...