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My Friend Sancho
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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22 March, 2008
The Writing on the Wall
Men treating walls as public toilets is a common problem across this country, but Ghaziabad administration has come up with a unique solution.
Fed up with the men treating city walls as public toilets, the city administration has installed mirrors on the walls with the slogan “What you do, the world sees” inscribed alongside.
The move is aimed at all those who see a dry wall and feel it’s their duty to wet it. The idea is to let people reflect on their wrong doings and broadcast their acts live to passersbys. [sic all along.]
See how modernity is destroying our traditions? If our young men cannot pee in front of walls, where will they pee? They might as well install treadmills in front of these mirrors next and play hip-hop on the streets. Pah.
(Link via email from Sandeip.)
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