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MUMBAI

MILK TEETH
Amrita Mahale
THEMES: MUMBAI | REAL ESTATE | RIOTS | HOUSING | GENDER | JOURNALISM | ROMANCE | CORPORATE

SHANTARAM
Gregory David Roberts
THEMES: MUMBAI | HOUSING | SLUMS | CRIME | HEALTH CARE | BOLLYWOOD | UNDERWORLD

MAIDLESS IN MUMBAI
Payal Kapadia
THEMES: MUMBAI | HOUSING | GENDER | DOMESTIC HELP | HUMOR
DELHI

IN CUSTODY
Anita Desai
THEMES: DELHI | CULTURE | LITERATURE

DELHI IS NOT FAR
Ruskin Bond
THEMES: DELHI | EMPLOYMENT | MIRGRATION | SEX WORK | ASPIRATION

EQUATIONS
Shivani Sibal
THEMES: DELHI | FAMILY | FRIENDSHIP | CLASS
BENGALURU

GHACHAR GHOCHAR
Vivek Shanbhag
THEMES: BENGALURU | SUSPENSE | CLASS | FAMILY | TRANSLATION

THE CONSMOPOLITANS
Anjum Hasan
THEMES: BENGALURU | ART | HUMOR

THE HOUSE OF KANOORU
K.V. Puttappa (Kuvempu)
THEMES: BENGALURU | FAMILY | EDUCATION | GENDER | LABOUR | ROMANCE
CHENNAI

MADRAS ON MY MIND
Chitra Viraraghavan & K S Devulapalli
THEMES: CHENNAI | NOIR | FAMILY | ROMANCE |FLOODS

THE HIGH PRIESTESS NEVER MARIES
Sharanya Manivannan
THEMES: CHENNAI | BENGALURU | ROMANCE | GENDER | DESIRE

MOGA MUL
T Janakiraman
THEMES: CHENNAI | ROMANCE | MUSIC | EDUCATION | DESIRE
KOLKATA

THE SHADOW LINES
Amitav Ghosh
THEMES: KOLKATA | MIGRATION | MEMORY | BORDERS

THE LIVES OF OTHERS
Neel Mukherjee
THEMES: KOLKATA | ACTIVISM | HOUSING | FAMILY

THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri
THEMES: KOLKATA | MIGRATION | CULTURE | ROMANCE