Simran Dhir talks about Delhi, Indian parents and the inspiration behind her debut novel Best Intentions.
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Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
In Goa, says Kishore Singh, you are defined as much by the village that makes up your address as by the neighbours who keep you company.
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Virtually every secretary who heads a government department is present along with every officer above the rank of major general/air vice marshal/rear admiral.
'Barriers have come across roads marking the end of Noida, the start of Gurgaon, the hard borders allowing no passage -- at least by day,' observes Kishore Singh.
Simran Dhir's very readable debut novel Best Intentions portrays the colours as well as the privilege and politics of Delhi life.
'Modern living has added another dimension to interiors that design magazines airbrush away.' 'Almost everywhere one looks are ugly phone chargers jutting out of electric sockets to power mobile handsets, of which everyone seems to have more than one,' says Kishore Singh.
