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Mumbai
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