Gouri Dange
The thrill of having a well-known publisher stamp its name on the spine of your debut novel doesn’t last too long, says Gouri Dange. Bruised and hurt by the publisher’s constant neglect for being an ‘unknown writer’, she decided to go it alone and self-publish her second novel.
The higher they rise, the harder they fall. David Davidar was the superstar of Indian publishing. Now sexual harassment charges by a former colleague threaten his career, and his reputation.
It’s ironical enough to have Bollywood make a film on plagiarism. This film also betrays its lack of conscience about it.
A brilliant debut novel captures in fine detail the experiences of a Tamil Brahmin family on and off trains