{"id":56266,"date":"2018-09-15T15:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T22:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=56266"},"modified":"2018-09-15T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T22:55:13","slug":"shweta-bachchan-to-launch-debut-novel-on-big-bs-birthday-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/shweta-bachchan-to-launch-debut-novel-on-big-bs-birthday-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Shweta Bachchan to Launch Debut Novel on Big B’s Birthday Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian Bollywood actor Shweta Bachchan seen here with dad, Amitabh Bachchan (r) at the wedding reception of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli in Mumbai, Dec. 26, 2017. (Sujit Jaiswal\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s debut novel, which talks about everyday lives and is set in a Mumbai apartment, will be launched on the eve of her father’s birthday on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n

Published by HarperCollins India, “Paradise Towers” is billed as a “quirky, intimate debut that explores the intertwined lives in the building – a forbidden romance, an elopement, the undercurrents of tension in corridor interactions and an explosive Diwali celebration.”<\/p>\n

Speaking about how she came to write “Paradise Towers”, Shweta says, “I grew up with my grandfather who was a poet and a writer. Writing and reading was always a very important part of our lives. I’ve been writing a diary ever since I was a little girl, and wrote stories that I never shared with anyone.<\/p>\n

“Then, one day I just said, I am going to take this plunge. I started writing a column for a newspaper in Mumbai and it gave me a lot of confidence to go ahead and do this full time, and that’s where ‘Paradise Towers’ comes from.”<\/p>\n

In the book, Dinesh opens the door to the Kapoor flat one day to find Lata, the enchantress who works at Mrs Aly Khan’s, carrying a hot case with freshly made gaajar ka halwa.<\/p>\n

On the first floor, the inquisitive Mrs Mody wipes the dust off her precious binoculars to spy on the building’s security guard.<\/p>\n

The Singhs open the doors of their SUV, their four boys creating a ruckus – they are the newcomers, the outsiders. Through the peephole, the ever-watchful Mrs Ranganekar observes their arrival.<\/p>\n

At the Paradise Towers in central Mumbai, everyone has a story to tell or maybe stories to hide.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Karan Johar finds the book “observant, moving, hilarious and exceptionally astute”.<\/p>\n

“Paradise Towers” is no slice of life”, it’s an entire loaf, he says, adding Shweta “builds” her debut novel with the ease of a literary veteran.<\/p>\n

According to Shreya Punj, Assistant Editor at HarperCollins India, “Paradise Towers” is fresh, insightful and a story that will resonate with everyone.<\/p>\n

“I fell in love with the story when I first read it. Now, ‘Paradise Towers’ is ready to meet its readers, and I cannot wait for people to fall in love with this quirky, intimate world Shweta has created,” she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indian Bollywood actor Shweta Bachchan seen here with dad, Amitabh Bachchan (r) at the wedding reception of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli in Mumbai, Dec. 26, 2017. (Sujit Jaiswal\/AFP\/Getty Images) Shweta Bachchan-Nanda’s debut novel, which talks about everyday lives and is set in a Mumbai apartment, will be launched on the eve of her father’s…<\/p>\n

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