Released my book, " Ladies' Compartment, 8.47 Local" on Saturday, 10th December. The book was released by one of my students, who happens to be Miss India World and Miss World Rummer-up, 2008, Miss Parvathy Omanakuttan.
The book is a collection of twelve short stories, connected by means of a narrator, in a throw-back to the old Greek chorus.The stories deal with issues like marital rape,(child) sexual abuse, the fate of the girl child, love and lust, light-hearted flirtations that go horribly astray etc..The common denominator is the suburban railway train, on which twelve different women commute between work and home.It is a ladies' compartment and masks are removed, re arranged and put back.........
