URBAN SHOTS LOVE COLLECTION

I loved Siddhartha, I told
myself. Loved him for his handsome dignity, for the way he loved me, for the
way he cared about me, for the way he looked at me as if I was his… Why was
it that I could only think of Atul then? Of our illicit meetings, of his hungry
kisses, of his cardamom-ey taste?’ Sometimes touching, at times funny and
always straight from the heart, Urban Shots: Love Collection is a compilation
of love stories – with a distinctly contemporary Indian flavour. Spanning
arranged matches, premarital sexual encounters, same-sex relationships and
extramarital affairs, this book paints for us an urban landscape of contrasts
– where astrological charts and the need for parental consent coexist with
casual dating. In the poignant ‘Making Out’, motivated by compassion, a girl
unlocks the painful secrets of her date’s past and offers a healing touch. In
the funny ‘High Time’, a potential groom’s conservative Tamil parents beat a
hasty retreat when they realize that the NRI match they’ve chosen for their
son has ‘boyfriends’ hidden in her past. And in the grungily unromantic ’32
B’, a prank backfires when the protagonist realizes that she desires the guy
she has been leading on.