Urban Shots - Bright Lights: 29 Urban Tales by 21 Writers

About the Book: Urban Shots: Bright Lights

Edited by bestselling author, Paritosh Uttam, this anthology offers snapshots of interesting characters in Urban India. The ten-year-old mathematics loving girl, haunted by memories of her dead mother. The man who buys expensive gifts for married women; an Indian kid who can name every American state in alphabetical order; a boy who knows more than he should about the extra–marital affairs of his parents; a baby with secrets of his own; the pesky Maami in the neighbourhood, with a cure for every ailment; the beefy sportsman with a peacock hairstyle; the seven-year-old who wants to get married; a retiree on his last day in a dead end job; the salesman who fails to meet his targets; the grouchy physics teacher with a love for literature; the chatty cab driver who was once a film maker; the philosophical mehndiwala on the sidewalk; a struggling artist in love with his fabled city; the retired pilot with life advice in the window seat and a lot more….

Racy, compelling and heart rendering stories of urban lives and characters by popular writers such as Paritosh Uttam, R. Chandrasekar, Malathi Jaikumar, Ahmed Faiyaz and a number of popular bloggers and debutant writers.

Reviews

Deceptively simple and intriguing, Urban Shots paints a delightful picture of life and times in colourful Indian cities.-Yuva

Urban Shots miraculously manages to retain a vivid freshness about it, despite covering the familiar and mundane. It unabashedly portrays the good, the bad, and the ugly that exists in our society today . . . Do pick up a copy and immerse yourself in this fictitiously realistic dizzying world.-Helter Skelter

Urban Shots has the right ingredients for a breezy read. -DNA Mumbai