Muses Over Mumbai

Muses Over Mumbai is written with the single underlying belief that a city lives through the characters that occupy it. Among many others, you will meet Major Anirudh Sood, a war hero struggling to resolve a housing society feud; Shraddha, the mochi’s wife, who goes to great lengths to protect her twin daughters; Anuradha Singhal, an attractive socialite and fitness coach who must confront her fragility; Ramkumar Tiwari, an upright constable grappling with questions of caste, morality and pride; the author himself, demanding answers from the last surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attacks; Gussy, an advertising executive pursued by a homicidal cabbie; Ramesh Malpani, a half-crazed tycoon who must draw on his business guile to fend off an extortion threat; Kitayun Alwa, an environmental activist who takes up cudgels against the city authorities; Jai Singhal, a family-loving builder who ought to prove his love for the city; Sikander, a waste collector with a mission to save the city’s stray dogs; Auntie Elena and her obsession with a lavish Christmas lunch; and Inspector Bedekar, who has but a single night to prove the innocence of a friend. These fictional episodes are a tribute to a city of infinite stories and its nocturnal protagonists.